BENKE
BENKE is a Texas oil lease in Frio County, Railroad Commission district 01, operated by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation. It has 8 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2014 to August 2026, totalling 1,101,460 barrels. 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 $8.7M, with roughly $2.1M 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 2,936 barrels a month, about 367 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2017, at 28,591 barrels. 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 BENKE
- Who operates BENKE?
- BENKE is operated by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 121700.
- Where is BENKE?
- BENKE is a Texas oil lease in Frio County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 01. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 18048.
- Is BENKE still producing?
- BENKE is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BENKE is August 2026.
- How much has BENKE produced?
- BENKE has reported 1,101,460 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2014 and August 2026, from 8 wellbores.
- How much is BENKE worth?
- The remaining production from BENKE is estimated to be worth about $8.7M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $7.2M to $10.1M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BENKE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BENKE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BENKE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BENKE generate in a year?
- BENKE is forecast to net about $2.1M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BENKE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) |
| County | Frio County, Texas |
| RRC district | 01 |
| Lease number | 18048 |
| Wellbores | 8 |
| Reported production | 1,101,460 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $8.7M |
Where BENKE 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.