KOLBE
KOLBE is a Texas gas lease in Fayette County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Swift Energy Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from May 1995 to August 2026, totalling 2,859,224 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 $215K, with roughly $43K 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 493 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2017, at 13,738 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 KOLBE
- Who operates KOLBE?
- KOLBE is operated by Swift Energy Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 833347.
- Where is KOLBE?
- KOLBE is a Texas gas lease in Fayette County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 154796.
- Is KOLBE still producing?
- KOLBE is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for KOLBE is August 2026.
- How much has KOLBE produced?
- KOLBE has reported 2,859,224 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between May 1995 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is KOLBE worth?
- The remaining production from KOLBE is estimated to be worth about $215K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $168K to $263K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in KOLBE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production KOLBE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for KOLBE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does KOLBE generate in a year?
- KOLBE is forecast to net about $43K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in KOLBE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Swift Energy Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) |
| County | Fayette County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 154796 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,859,224 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $215K |
Where KOLBE 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.