VOLPE
VOLPE is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2006 to August 2026, totalling 2,186,008 thousand cubic feet. The lease is intermittent. 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 $503, with roughly $64 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 2 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2018, at 4,769 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 100% 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 VOLPE
- Who operates VOLPE?
- VOLPE is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is VOLPE?
- VOLPE is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 216946.
- Is VOLPE still producing?
- VOLPE is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for VOLPE is August 2026.
- How much has VOLPE produced?
- VOLPE has reported 2,186,008 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2006 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is VOLPE worth?
- The remaining production from VOLPE is estimated to be worth about $503 in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $0 to $1K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in VOLPE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production VOLPE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for VOLPE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does VOLPE generate in a year?
- VOLPE is forecast to net about $64 across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in VOLPE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Haynes (Middle Wilcox Cons.) |
| County | Zapata County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 216946 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,186,008 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $503 |
Where VOLPE 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.