FRANKE UNIT
FRANKE UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Karnes County, Railroad Commission district 02, operated by Marathon Oil Ef LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 2014 to August 2026, totalling 1,261,018 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 $92K, with roughly $17K 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 474 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2025, at 21,520 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 22% 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 FRANKE UNIT
- Who operates FRANKE UNIT?
- FRANKE UNIT is operated by Marathon Oil Ef LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 525398.
- Where is FRANKE UNIT?
- FRANKE UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Karnes County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 02. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 273078.
- Is FRANKE UNIT still producing?
- FRANKE UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FRANKE UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has FRANKE UNIT produced?
- FRANKE UNIT has reported 1,261,018 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 2014 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is FRANKE UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from FRANKE UNIT is estimated to be worth about $92K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $71K to $112K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FRANKE UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FRANKE UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FRANKE UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does FRANKE UNIT generate in a year?
- FRANKE UNIT is forecast to net about $17K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FRANKE UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Marathon Oil Ef LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Sugarkane (Eagle Ford) |
| County | Karnes County, Texas |
| RRC district | 02 |
| Lease number | 273078 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,261,018 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $92K |
Where FRANKE UNIT 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.