W.J. LAKES UNIT
W.J. LAKES UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Denton County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Hillwood Energy Texas, L.P. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2009 to August 2026, totalling 3,449,927 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 $898K, with roughly $147K 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 6,369 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2016, at 18,752 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 17% 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 W.J. LAKES UNIT
- Who operates W.J. LAKES UNIT?
- W.J. LAKES UNIT is operated by Hillwood Energy Texas, L.P., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 388854.
- Where is W.J. LAKES UNIT?
- W.J. LAKES UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Denton County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 253741.
- Is W.J. LAKES UNIT still producing?
- W.J. LAKES UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for W.J. LAKES UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has W.J. LAKES UNIT produced?
- W.J. LAKES UNIT has reported 3,449,927 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2009 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is W.J. LAKES UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from W.J. LAKES UNIT is estimated to be worth about $898K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $745K to $1.1M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in W.J. LAKES UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production W.J. LAKES UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for W.J. LAKES UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does W.J. LAKES UNIT generate in a year?
- W.J. LAKES UNIT is forecast to net about $147K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in W.J. LAKES UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Hillwood Energy Texas, L.P. |
|---|---|
| Field | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) |
| County | Denton County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 253741 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 3,449,927 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $898K |
Where W.J. LAKES UNIT 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.