SNOWBALL
SNOWBALL is a Texas gas lease in Hill County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Quicksilver Resources Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from October 2010 to August 2026, totalling 1,966,878 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 $422K, with roughly $68K 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 2,976 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2020, at 12,763 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 SNOWBALL
- Who operates SNOWBALL?
- SNOWBALL is operated by Quicksilver Resources Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 684830.
- Where is SNOWBALL?
- SNOWBALL is a Texas gas lease in Hill County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 260311.
- Is SNOWBALL still producing?
- SNOWBALL is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SNOWBALL is August 2026.
- How much has SNOWBALL produced?
- SNOWBALL has reported 1,966,878 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between October 2010 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SNOWBALL worth?
- The remaining production from SNOWBALL is estimated to be worth about $422K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $350K to $494K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SNOWBALL is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SNOWBALL has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SNOWBALL is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SNOWBALL generate in a year?
- SNOWBALL is forecast to net about $68K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SNOWBALL receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Quicksilver Resources Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) |
| County | Hill County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 260311 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,966,878 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $422K |
Where SNOWBALL 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.