DARK STAR
DARK STAR is a Texas gas lease in La Salle County, Railroad Commission district 01, operated by Verdun Oil & Gas LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from May 2019 to August 2026, totalling 314,353 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 $830K, with roughly $224K 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 1,148 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2020, at 22,073 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 DARK STAR
- Who operates DARK STAR?
- DARK STAR is operated by Verdun Oil & Gas LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 884566.
- Where is DARK STAR?
- DARK STAR is a Texas gas lease in La Salle County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 01. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 299112.
- Is DARK STAR still producing?
- DARK STAR is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for DARK STAR is August 2026.
- How much has DARK STAR produced?
- DARK STAR has reported 314,353 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between May 2019 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is DARK STAR worth?
- The remaining production from DARK STAR is estimated to be worth about $830K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $689K to $971K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in DARK STAR is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production DARK STAR has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for DARK STAR is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does DARK STAR generate in a year?
- DARK STAR is forecast to net about $224K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in DARK STAR receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) |
| County | La Salle County, Texas |
| RRC district | 01 |
| Lease number | 299112 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 314,353 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $830K |
Where DARK STAR 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.