MENZEL
MENZEL is a Texas oil lease in Bastrop County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Austin Energy Operations, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 13,840 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 $54K, with roughly $10K 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 16 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2018, at 52 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 45% 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 MENZEL
- Who operates MENZEL?
- MENZEL is operated by Austin Energy Operations, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 037103.
- Where is MENZEL?
- MENZEL is a Texas oil lease in Bastrop County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 19535.
- Is MENZEL still producing?
- MENZEL is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for MENZEL is August 2026.
- How much has MENZEL produced?
- MENZEL has reported 13,840 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is MENZEL worth?
- The remaining production from MENZEL is estimated to be worth about $54K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $30K to $79K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in MENZEL is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production MENZEL has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for MENZEL is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does MENZEL generate in a year?
- MENZEL is forecast to net about $10K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in MENZEL receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Austin Energy Operations, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Serbin (Taylor Sand) |
| County | Bastrop County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 19535 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 13,840 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $54K |
Where MENZEL 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.