CHUTE BUSTER
CHUTE BUSTER is a Texas gas lease in Culberson County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Cog Operating LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2016 to August 2026, totalling 3,478,401 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 $642K, with roughly $105K 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 12,176 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2017, at 141,957 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 18% 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 CHUTE BUSTER
- Who operates CHUTE BUSTER?
- CHUTE BUSTER is operated by Cog Operating LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 166150.
- Where is CHUTE BUSTER?
- CHUTE BUSTER is a Texas gas lease in Culberson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 281868.
- Is CHUTE BUSTER still producing?
- CHUTE BUSTER is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CHUTE BUSTER is August 2026.
- How much has CHUTE BUSTER produced?
- CHUTE BUSTER has reported 3,478,401 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2016 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is CHUTE BUSTER worth?
- The remaining production from CHUTE BUSTER is estimated to be worth about $642K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $526K to $758K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CHUTE BUSTER is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CHUTE BUSTER has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CHUTE BUSTER is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CHUTE BUSTER generate in a year?
- CHUTE BUSTER is forecast to net about $105K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CHUTE BUSTER receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Cog Operating LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Ford, West (Wolfcamp) |
| County | Culberson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 281868 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 3,478,401 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $642K |
Where CHUTE BUSTER 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.