SCHAFER
SCHAFER is a Texas gas lease in Carson County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from November 2000 to August 2026, totalling 261,640 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 $72K, with roughly $11K 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 488 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2018, at 3,307 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 SCHAFER
- Who operates SCHAFER?
- SCHAFER is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is SCHAFER?
- SCHAFER is a Texas gas lease in Carson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 181172.
- Is SCHAFER still producing?
- SCHAFER is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SCHAFER is August 2026.
- How much has SCHAFER produced?
- SCHAFER has reported 261,640 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between November 2000 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SCHAFER worth?
- The remaining production from SCHAFER is estimated to be worth about $72K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $56K to $88K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SCHAFER is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SCHAFER has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SCHAFER is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SCHAFER generate in a year?
- SCHAFER is forecast to net about $11K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SCHAFER receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Panhandle, West |
| County | Carson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 181172 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 261,640 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $72K |
Where SCHAFER 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.