BENTSEN TRACT I
BENTSEN TRACT I is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Merit Energy Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2020 to August 2026, totalling 224,021 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 $74K, with roughly $20K 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 1,041 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2020, at 17,436 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 TRACT I
- Who operates BENTSEN TRACT I?
- BENTSEN TRACT I is operated by Merit Energy Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 561136.
- Where is BENTSEN TRACT I?
- BENTSEN TRACT I is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 288888.
- Is BENTSEN TRACT I still producing?
- BENTSEN TRACT I is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BENTSEN TRACT I is August 2026.
- How much has BENTSEN TRACT I produced?
- BENTSEN TRACT I has reported 224,021 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2020 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BENTSEN TRACT I worth?
- The remaining production from BENTSEN TRACT I is estimated to be worth about $74K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $61K to $86K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BENTSEN TRACT I is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BENTSEN TRACT I has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BENTSEN TRACT I is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BENTSEN TRACT I generate in a year?
- BENTSEN TRACT I is forecast to net about $20K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BENTSEN TRACT I receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Merit Energy Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) |
| County | Starr County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 288888 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 224,021 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $74K |
Where BENTSEN TRACT I 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.