WELDER RANCH
WELDER RANCH is a Texas gas lease in San Patricio County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Smith Production Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from June 1993 to August 2026, totalling 1,921,961 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 $111K, 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 691 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was January 2017, at 1,986 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 WELDER RANCH
- Who operates WELDER RANCH?
- WELDER RANCH is operated by Smith Production Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 789662.
- Where is WELDER RANCH?
- WELDER RANCH is a Texas gas lease in San Patricio County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 147511.
- Is WELDER RANCH still producing?
- WELDER RANCH is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WELDER RANCH is August 2026.
- How much has WELDER RANCH produced?
- WELDER RANCH has reported 1,921,961 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between June 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is WELDER RANCH worth?
- The remaining production from WELDER RANCH is estimated to be worth about $111K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $86K to $135K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WELDER RANCH is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WELDER RANCH has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WELDER RANCH is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WELDER RANCH generate in a year?
- WELDER RANCH is forecast to net about $17K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WELDER RANCH receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Smith Production Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Oneil (5300) |
| County | San Patricio County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 147511 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,921,961 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $111K |
Where WELDER RANCH 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.