CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT
CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Jefferson County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Ballard Exploration Company,Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 1996 to August 2026, totalling 12,754,978 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 $828K, with roughly $133K 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 4,768 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 13,010 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 CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT
- Who operates CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT?
- CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is operated by Ballard Exploration Company,Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 048169.
- Where is CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT?
- CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Jefferson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 163503.
- Is CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT still producing?
- CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT produced?
- CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT has reported 12,754,978 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 1996 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is estimated to be worth about $828K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $687K to $969K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT generate in a year?
- CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT is forecast to net about $133K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Ballard Exploration Company,Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | China Townsite (Yegua Ey-2) |
| County | Jefferson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 163503 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 12,754,978 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $828K |
Where CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT 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.