STS
STS is a Texas gas lease in La Salle County, Railroad Commission district 01, operated by BHP Billiton Pet(Txla Op) Co. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from August 2017 to August 2026, totalling 3,728,374 thousand cubic feet. The lease is currently producing. Fitting a decline curve to that history and pricing the remaining production at today's forward curve values the whole lease — a 100% undivided interest — at about $1.9M, with roughly $392K expected over the next twelve months. An individual royalty owner receives their own decimal interest times that figure. Over the last twelve months on file it averaged 4,610 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was January 2018, at 225,696 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 17% of what they went on to produce, and that measured error is the range shown on the page rather than a confidence of our own devising.
Key facts about STS
- Who operates STS?
- STS is operated by BHP Billiton Pet(Txla Op) Co, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 068596.
- Where is STS?
- STS is a Texas gas lease in La Salle County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 01. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 282644.
- Is STS still producing?
- STS is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for STS is August 2026.
- How much has STS produced?
- STS has reported 3,728,374 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between August 2017 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is STS worth?
- The remaining production from STS is estimated to be worth about $1.9M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $1.6M to $2.2M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in STS is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production STS has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for STS is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does STS generate in a year?
- STS is forecast to net about $392K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in STS receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | BHP Billiton Pet(Txla Op) Co |
|---|---|
| Field | Hawkville (Eagleford Shale) |
| County | La Salle County, Texas |
| RRC district | 01 |
| Lease number | 282644 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 3,728,374 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.9M |
Where STS sits
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas lease production records, complete through . Figures on this page were computed on .
Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. The value shown is an estimate produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; it is not an offer or an appraisal. How this estimate is calculated.