HUGHES U
HUGHES U is a Texas oil lease in Reagan County, Railroad Commission district 7C, operated by Discovery Natural Resources LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2018 to August 2026, totalling 168,732 barrels. 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 $1.5M, with roughly $707K 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 338 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was June 2019, at 13,899 barrels. 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 HUGHES U
- Who operates HUGHES U?
- HUGHES U is operated by Discovery Natural Resources LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 220855.
- Where is HUGHES U?
- HUGHES U is a Texas oil lease in Reagan County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 7C. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 20179.
- Is HUGHES U still producing?
- HUGHES U is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for HUGHES U is August 2026.
- How much has HUGHES U produced?
- HUGHES U has reported 168,732 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2018 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is HUGHES U worth?
- The remaining production from HUGHES U is estimated to be worth about $1.5M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $1.1M to $1.8M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in HUGHES U is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production HUGHES U has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for HUGHES U is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does HUGHES U generate in a year?
- HUGHES U is forecast to net about $707K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in HUGHES U receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Discovery Natural Resources LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Reagan County, Texas |
| RRC district | 7C |
| Lease number | 20179 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 168,732 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.5M |
Where HUGHES U 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.