HAYS
HAYS is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Forest Oil Corporation. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from May 2009 to August 2026, totalling 432,614 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 $163K, with roughly $28K 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 804 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2016, at 2,071 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 HAYS
- Who operates HAYS?
- HAYS is operated by Forest Oil Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 275740.
- Where is HAYS?
- HAYS is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 252668.
- Is HAYS still producing?
- HAYS is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for HAYS is August 2026.
- How much has HAYS produced?
- HAYS has reported 432,614 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between May 2009 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is HAYS worth?
- The remaining production from HAYS is estimated to be worth about $163K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $127K to $199K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in HAYS is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production HAYS has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for HAYS is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does HAYS generate in a year?
- HAYS is forecast to net about $28K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in HAYS receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Forest Oil Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | West Park (Granite Wash) |
| County | Wheeler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 252668 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 432,614 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $163K |
Where HAYS 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.