FRIEMEL
FRIEMEL is a Texas gas lease in Fayette County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Torch Operating Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from June 1993 to August 2026, totalling 2,028,080 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 $49K, with roughly $8K 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 106 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was April 2017, at 1,722 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 FRIEMEL
- Who operates FRIEMEL?
- FRIEMEL is operated by Torch Operating Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 862594.
- Where is FRIEMEL?
- FRIEMEL is a Texas gas lease in Fayette County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 146258.
- Is FRIEMEL still producing?
- FRIEMEL is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FRIEMEL is August 2026.
- How much has FRIEMEL produced?
- FRIEMEL has reported 2,028,080 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between June 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is FRIEMEL worth?
- The remaining production from FRIEMEL is estimated to be worth about $49K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $38K to $60K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FRIEMEL is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FRIEMEL has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FRIEMEL is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does FRIEMEL generate in a year?
- FRIEMEL is forecast to net about $8K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FRIEMEL receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Torch Operating Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) |
| County | Fayette County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 146258 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,028,080 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $49K |
Where FRIEMEL 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.