BLACK "A"
BLACK "A" is a Texas gas lease in Freestone County, Railroad Commission district 05, operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from April 1999 to August 2026, totalling 1,830,356 thousand cubic feet. The lease is intermittent. 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 $9K, with roughly $1K 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 79 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2016, at 2,726 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 45% 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 BLACK "A"
- Who operates BLACK "A"?
- BLACK "A" is operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 020572.
- Where is BLACK "A"?
- BLACK "A" is a Texas gas lease in Freestone County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 05. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 172946.
- Is BLACK "A" still producing?
- BLACK "A" is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BLACK "A" is August 2026.
- How much has BLACK "A" produced?
- BLACK "A" has reported 1,830,356 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between April 1999 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BLACK "A" worth?
- The remaining production from BLACK "A" is estimated to be worth about $9K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $5K to $13K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BLACK "A" is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BLACK "A" has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BLACK "A" is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BLACK "A" generate in a year?
- BLACK "A" is forecast to net about $1K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BLACK "A" receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Dew (Bossier) |
| County | Freestone County, Texas |
| RRC district | 05 |
| Lease number | 172946 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,830,356 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $9K |
Where BLACK "A" 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.