UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY is a Texas gas lease in Crane County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Merit Energy Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from April 1998 to August 2026, totalling 408,378 thousand cubic feet. The lease is intermittent. 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 $5K, with roughly $648 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 17 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2018, at 159 thousand cubic feet. 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 UNIVERSITY
- Who operates UNIVERSITY?
- UNIVERSITY is operated by Merit Energy Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 561136.
- Where is UNIVERSITY?
- UNIVERSITY is a Texas gas lease in Crane County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 168513.
- Is UNIVERSITY still producing?
- UNIVERSITY is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for UNIVERSITY is August 2026.
- How much has UNIVERSITY produced?
- UNIVERSITY has reported 408,378 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between April 1998 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is UNIVERSITY worth?
- The remaining production from UNIVERSITY is estimated to be worth about $5K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $3K to $7K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in UNIVERSITY is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production UNIVERSITY has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for UNIVERSITY is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does UNIVERSITY generate in a year?
- UNIVERSITY is forecast to net about $648 across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in UNIVERSITY receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Merit Energy Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Block 31 (Queen) |
| County | Crane County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 168513 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 408,378 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $5K |
Where UNIVERSITY 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.