VALLEY WEST
VALLEY WEST is a Texas gas lease in Tarrant County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2013 to August 2026, totalling 1,794,239 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 $948K, with roughly $143K 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 7,267 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 20,681 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 VALLEY WEST
- Who operates VALLEY WEST?
- VALLEY WEST is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is VALLEY WEST?
- VALLEY WEST is a Texas gas lease in Tarrant County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 271243.
- Is VALLEY WEST still producing?
- VALLEY WEST is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for VALLEY WEST is August 2026.
- How much has VALLEY WEST produced?
- VALLEY WEST has reported 1,794,239 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2013 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is VALLEY WEST worth?
- The remaining production from VALLEY WEST is estimated to be worth about $948K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $787K to $1.1M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in VALLEY WEST is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production VALLEY WEST has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for VALLEY WEST is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does VALLEY WEST generate in a year?
- VALLEY WEST is forecast to net about $143K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in VALLEY WEST receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) |
| County | Tarrant County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 271243 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,794,239 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $948K |
Where VALLEY WEST 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.