FORTRESS C3

FORTRESS C3 is a Texas oil lease in Martin County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Qep Energy Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from May 2019 to August 2026, totalling 255,393 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 $1.8M, with roughly $456K 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 542 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2019, at 20,010 barrels. 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 FORTRESS C3

Who operates FORTRESS C3?
FORTRESS C3 is operated by Qep Energy Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 684474.
Where is FORTRESS C3?
FORTRESS C3 is a Texas oil lease in Martin County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 52540.
Is FORTRESS C3 still producing?
FORTRESS C3 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FORTRESS C3 is August 2026.
How much has FORTRESS C3 produced?
FORTRESS C3 has reported 255,393 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between May 2019 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
How much is FORTRESS C3 worth?
The remaining production from FORTRESS C3 is estimated to be worth about $1.8M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $1.4M to $2.2M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FORTRESS C3 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FORTRESS C3 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FORTRESS C3 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
How much income does FORTRESS C3 generate in a year?
FORTRESS C3 is forecast to net about $456K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FORTRESS C3 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.

Lease record

FORTRESS C3 as filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas
OperatorQep Energy Company
FieldSpraberry (Trend Area)
CountyMartin County, Texas
RRC district08
Lease number52540
Wellbores1
Reported production255,393 bbl
First reported
Last reported
Estimated royalty value$1.8M

Where FORTRESS C3 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.