KM NORTH ZAV
KM NORTH ZAV is a Texas oil lease in Zavala County, Railroad Commission district 01, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 3 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from April 2012 to August 2026, totalling 753,295 barrels. 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 $6.2M, with roughly $1.4M 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 2,035 barrels a month, about 678 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2020, at 16,921 barrels. 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 KM NORTH ZAV
- Who operates KM NORTH ZAV?
- KM NORTH ZAV is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is KM NORTH ZAV?
- KM NORTH ZAV is a Texas oil lease in Zavala County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 01. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 15963.
- Is KM NORTH ZAV still producing?
- KM NORTH ZAV is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for KM NORTH ZAV is August 2026.
- How much has KM NORTH ZAV produced?
- KM NORTH ZAV has reported 753,295 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between April 2012 and August 2026, from 3 wellbores.
- How much is KM NORTH ZAV worth?
- The remaining production from KM NORTH ZAV is estimated to be worth about $6.2M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $5.2M to $7.3M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in KM NORTH ZAV is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production KM NORTH ZAV has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for KM NORTH ZAV is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does KM NORTH ZAV generate in a year?
- KM NORTH ZAV is forecast to net about $1.4M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in KM NORTH ZAV receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) |
| County | Zavala County, Texas |
| RRC district | 01 |
| Lease number | 15963 |
| Wellbores | 3 |
| Reported production | 753,295 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $6.2M |
Where KM NORTH ZAV 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.