CAUTHORN 16
CAUTHORN 16 is a Texas gas lease in Val Verde County, Railroad Commission district 7C, operated by Thompson, J. Cleo. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 754,037 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 $8K, with roughly $1K 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 347 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was November 2016, at 2,451 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 22% 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 CAUTHORN 16
- Who operates CAUTHORN 16?
- CAUTHORN 16 is operated by Thompson, J. Cleo, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 855610.
- Where is CAUTHORN 16?
- CAUTHORN 16 is a Texas gas lease in Val Verde County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 7C. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 141043.
- Is CAUTHORN 16 still producing?
- CAUTHORN 16 is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CAUTHORN 16 is August 2026.
- How much has CAUTHORN 16 produced?
- CAUTHORN 16 has reported 754,037 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is CAUTHORN 16 worth?
- The remaining production from CAUTHORN 16 is estimated to be worth about $8K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $6K to $9K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CAUTHORN 16 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CAUTHORN 16 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CAUTHORN 16 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CAUTHORN 16 generate in a year?
- CAUTHORN 16 is forecast to net about $1K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CAUTHORN 16 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Thompson, J. Cleo |
|---|---|
| Field | Jo Nell (Canyon D) |
| County | Val Verde County, Texas |
| RRC district | 7C |
| Lease number | 141043 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 754,037 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $8K |
Where CAUTHORN 16 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.