BEARS DU
BEARS DU is a Texas gas lease in Shelby County, Railroad Commission district 06, operated by Xto Energy Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2012 to August 2026, totalling 15,459,322 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 $1.6M, with roughly $578K 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 35,147 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 306,326 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 18% 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 BEARS DU
- Who operates BEARS DU?
- BEARS DU is operated by Xto Energy Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 945936.
- Where is BEARS DU?
- BEARS DU is a Texas gas lease in Shelby County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 06. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 267814.
- Is BEARS DU still producing?
- BEARS DU is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BEARS DU is August 2026.
- How much has BEARS DU produced?
- BEARS DU has reported 15,459,322 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2012 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BEARS DU worth?
- The remaining production from BEARS DU is estimated to be worth about $1.6M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $1.3M to $1.9M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BEARS DU is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BEARS DU has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BEARS DU is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BEARS DU generate in a year?
- BEARS DU is forecast to net about $578K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BEARS DU receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Xto Energy Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Carthage (Haynesville Shale) |
| County | Shelby County, Texas |
| RRC district | 06 |
| Lease number | 267814 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 15,459,322 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.6M |
Where BEARS DU 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.