BIG SKY
BIG SKY is a Texas gas lease in Denton County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Burlington Resources O & G Co LP. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2003 to August 2026, totalling 368,993 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 $157K, with roughly $25K 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 952 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was November 2022, at 1,533 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 BIG SKY
- Who operates BIG SKY?
- BIG SKY is operated by Burlington Resources O & G Co LP, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 109333.
- Where is BIG SKY?
- BIG SKY is a Texas gas lease in Denton County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 197165.
- Is BIG SKY still producing?
- BIG SKY is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BIG SKY is August 2026.
- How much has BIG SKY produced?
- BIG SKY has reported 368,993 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2003 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BIG SKY worth?
- The remaining production from BIG SKY is estimated to be worth about $157K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $123K to $192K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BIG SKY is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BIG SKY has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BIG SKY is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BIG SKY generate in a year?
- BIG SKY is forecast to net about $25K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BIG SKY receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP |
|---|---|
| Field | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) |
| County | Denton County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 197165 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 368,993 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $157K |
Where BIG SKY 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.