SANDERS
SANDERS is a Texas gas lease in Grimes County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from October 1997 to August 2026, totalling 2,485,394 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 $142K, with roughly $26K 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 1,066 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2026, at 2,806 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 SANDERS
- Who operates SANDERS?
- SANDERS is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is SANDERS?
- SANDERS is a Texas gas lease in Grimes County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 167109.
- Is SANDERS still producing?
- SANDERS is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SANDERS is August 2026.
- How much has SANDERS produced?
- SANDERS has reported 2,485,394 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between October 1997 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SANDERS worth?
- The remaining production from SANDERS is estimated to be worth about $142K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $118K to $166K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SANDERS is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SANDERS has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SANDERS is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SANDERS generate in a year?
- SANDERS is forecast to net about $26K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SANDERS receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) |
| County | Grimes County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 167109 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,485,394 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $142K |
Where SANDERS 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.