BENTSEN
BENTSEN is a Texas gas lease in Hidalgo County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by El Paso E & P Company, L. P. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from March 2007 to August 2026, totalling 2,228,555 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 $403K, with roughly $68K 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 3,011 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2021, at 5,043 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 BENTSEN
- Who operates BENTSEN?
- BENTSEN is operated by El Paso E & P Company, L. P., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 250195.
- Where is BENTSEN?
- BENTSEN is a Texas gas lease in Hidalgo County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 226871.
- Is BENTSEN still producing?
- BENTSEN is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BENTSEN is August 2026.
- How much has BENTSEN produced?
- BENTSEN has reported 2,228,555 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between March 2007 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BENTSEN worth?
- The remaining production from BENTSEN is estimated to be worth about $403K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $335K to $472K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BENTSEN is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BENTSEN has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BENTSEN is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BENTSEN generate in a year?
- BENTSEN is forecast to net about $68K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BENTSEN receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | El Paso E & P Company, L. P. |
|---|---|
| Field | Monte Christo (Frio Cons.) |
| County | Hidalgo County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 226871 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,228,555 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $403K |
Where BENTSEN 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.