FORTSON
FORTSON is a Texas gas lease in Limestone County, Railroad Commission district 05, operated by Marathon Oil Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 1,256,149 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 $50K, with roughly $12K 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 845 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2018, at 3,136 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 FORTSON
- Who operates FORTSON?
- FORTSON is operated by Marathon Oil Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 525380.
- Where is FORTSON?
- FORTSON is a Texas gas lease in Limestone County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 05. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 112516.
- Is FORTSON still producing?
- FORTSON is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FORTSON is August 2026.
- How much has FORTSON produced?
- FORTSON has reported 1,256,149 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is FORTSON worth?
- The remaining production from FORTSON is estimated to be worth about $50K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $39K to $62K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FORTSON is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FORTSON has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FORTSON is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does FORTSON generate in a year?
- FORTSON is forecast to net about $12K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FORTSON receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Marathon Oil Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Personville N (Cotton Valley LM) |
| County | Limestone County, Texas |
| RRC district | 05 |
| Lease number | 112516 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,256,149 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $50K |
Where FORTSON 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.