PALO DURO
PALO DURO is a Texas gas lease in Washington County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from October 2020 to August 2026, totalling 3,972,148 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 $9.2M, with roughly $2.0M 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 27,677 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was December 2020, at 186,392 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 18% 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 PALO DURO
- Who operates PALO DURO?
- PALO DURO is operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 521544.
- Where is PALO DURO?
- PALO DURO is a Texas gas lease in Washington County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 291094.
- Is PALO DURO still producing?
- PALO DURO is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for PALO DURO is August 2026.
- How much has PALO DURO produced?
- PALO DURO has reported 3,972,148 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between October 2020 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is PALO DURO worth?
- The remaining production from PALO DURO is estimated to be worth about $9.2M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $7.6M to $10.9M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in PALO DURO is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production PALO DURO has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for PALO DURO is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does PALO DURO generate in a year?
- PALO DURO is forecast to net about $2.0M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in PALO DURO receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) |
| County | Washington County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 291094 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 3,972,148 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $9.2M |
Where PALO DURO 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.