LITTLEJOHN
LITTLEJOHN is a Texas gas lease in Smith County, Railroad Commission district 06, operated by Valence Operating Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from October 2016 to August 2026, totalling 2,399,617 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 $663K, with roughly $183K 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 7,756 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was November 2016, at 117,513 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 LITTLEJOHN
- Who operates LITTLEJOHN?
- LITTLEJOHN is operated by Valence Operating Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 881167.
- Where is LITTLEJOHN?
- LITTLEJOHN is a Texas gas lease in Smith County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 06. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 281841.
- Is LITTLEJOHN still producing?
- LITTLEJOHN is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for LITTLEJOHN is August 2026.
- How much has LITTLEJOHN produced?
- LITTLEJOHN has reported 2,399,617 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between October 2016 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is LITTLEJOHN worth?
- The remaining production from LITTLEJOHN is estimated to be worth about $663K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $551K to $776K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in LITTLEJOHN is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production LITTLEJOHN has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for LITTLEJOHN is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does LITTLEJOHN generate in a year?
- LITTLEJOHN is forecast to net about $183K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in LITTLEJOHN receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Valence Operating Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) |
| County | Smith County, Texas |
| RRC district | 06 |
| Lease number | 281841 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,399,617 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $663K |
Where LITTLEJOHN 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.