VESTER
VESTER is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Forest Oil Permian Corporation. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2011 to August 2026, totalling 2,878,369 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 $378K, with roughly $74K 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 4,051 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2020, at 31,026 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 VESTER
- Who operates VESTER?
- VESTER is operated by Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 275741.
- Where is VESTER?
- VESTER is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 265117.
- Is VESTER still producing?
- VESTER is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for VESTER is August 2026.
- How much has VESTER produced?
- VESTER has reported 2,878,369 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2011 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is VESTER worth?
- The remaining production from VESTER is estimated to be worth about $378K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $314K to $442K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in VESTER is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production VESTER has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for VESTER is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does VESTER generate in a year?
- VESTER is forecast to net about $74K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in VESTER receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Forest Oil Permian Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Haynes (Middle Wilcox Cons.) |
| County | Zapata County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 265117 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,878,369 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $378K |
Where VESTER 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.