MELNAR, FRED ESTATE
MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is a Texas gas lease in Lavaca County, Railroad Commission district 02, operated by Texaco E & P Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 2,958,552 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 $753K, with roughly $124K 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 4,599 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was June 2017, at 12,268 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 MELNAR, FRED ESTATE
- Who operates MELNAR, FRED ESTATE?
- MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is operated by Texaco E & P Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 844118.
- Where is MELNAR, FRED ESTATE?
- MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is a Texas gas lease in Lavaca County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 02. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 087617.
- Is MELNAR, FRED ESTATE still producing?
- MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is August 2026.
- How much has MELNAR, FRED ESTATE produced?
- MELNAR, FRED ESTATE has reported 2,958,552 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is MELNAR, FRED ESTATE worth?
- The remaining production from MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is estimated to be worth about $753K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $625K to $881K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production MELNAR, FRED ESTATE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does MELNAR, FRED ESTATE generate in a year?
- MELNAR, FRED ESTATE is forecast to net about $124K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in MELNAR, FRED ESTATE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Texaco E & P Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Word (Edwards) |
| County | Lavaca County, Texas |
| RRC district | 02 |
| Lease number | 087617 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,958,552 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $753K |
Where MELNAR, FRED ESTATE 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.