ATHERTON 69
ATHERTON 69 is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2010 to August 2026, totalling 9,778,892 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 $3.5M, with roughly $695K 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 22,086 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 70,642 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 ATHERTON 69
- Who operates ATHERTON 69?
- ATHERTON 69 is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is ATHERTON 69?
- ATHERTON 69 is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 259650.
- Is ATHERTON 69 still producing?
- ATHERTON 69 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for ATHERTON 69 is August 2026.
- How much has ATHERTON 69 produced?
- ATHERTON 69 has reported 9,778,892 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2010 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is ATHERTON 69 worth?
- The remaining production from ATHERTON 69 is estimated to be worth about $3.5M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $2.9M to $4.2M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in ATHERTON 69 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production ATHERTON 69 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for ATHERTON 69 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does ATHERTON 69 generate in a year?
- ATHERTON 69 is forecast to net about $695K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in ATHERTON 69 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) |
| County | Wheeler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 259650 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 9,778,892 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $3.5M |
Where ATHERTON 69 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.