CONGO WEST
CONGO WEST is a Texas gas lease in Ellis County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from November 2009 to August 2026, totalling 1,270,845 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 $182K, with roughly $44K 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 2,165 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 6,315 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 CONGO WEST
- Who operates CONGO WEST?
- CONGO WEST is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is CONGO WEST?
- CONGO WEST is a Texas gas lease in Ellis County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 253996.
- Is CONGO WEST still producing?
- CONGO WEST is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CONGO WEST is August 2026.
- How much has CONGO WEST produced?
- CONGO WEST has reported 1,270,845 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between November 2009 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is CONGO WEST worth?
- The remaining production from CONGO WEST is estimated to be worth about $182K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $151K to $213K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CONGO WEST is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CONGO WEST has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CONGO WEST is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CONGO WEST generate in a year?
- CONGO WEST is forecast to net about $44K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CONGO WEST receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) |
| County | Ellis County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 253996 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,270,845 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $182K |
Where CONGO WEST 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.