FRANCIS
FRANCIS is a Texas gas lease in Hemphill County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Samson Lone Star LP. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2002 to August 2026, totalling 1,043,756 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 $159K, with roughly $24K 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 1,046 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2016, at 1,770 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 FRANCIS
- Who operates FRANCIS?
- FRANCIS is operated by Samson Lone Star LP, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 744700.
- Where is FRANCIS?
- FRANCIS is a Texas gas lease in Hemphill County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 193150.
- Is FRANCIS still producing?
- FRANCIS is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FRANCIS is August 2026.
- How much has FRANCIS produced?
- FRANCIS has reported 1,043,756 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2002 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is FRANCIS worth?
- The remaining production from FRANCIS is estimated to be worth about $159K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $132K to $186K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FRANCIS is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FRANCIS has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FRANCIS is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does FRANCIS generate in a year?
- FRANCIS is forecast to net about $24K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FRANCIS receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Samson Lone Star LP |
|---|---|
| Field | Buffalo Wallow (Granite Wash) |
| County | Hemphill County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 193150 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,043,756 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $159K |
Where FRANCIS 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.