SAMFORD
SAMFORD is a Texas gas lease in Shelby County, Railroad Commission district 06, operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2010 to August 2026, totalling 1,994,509 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 $238K, with roughly $36K 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 2,291 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2018, at 8,504 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 SAMFORD
- Who operates SAMFORD?
- SAMFORD is operated by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 147715.
- Where is SAMFORD?
- SAMFORD is a Texas gas lease in Shelby County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 06. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 259378.
- Is SAMFORD still producing?
- SAMFORD is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SAMFORD is August 2026.
- How much has SAMFORD produced?
- SAMFORD has reported 1,994,509 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2010 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SAMFORD worth?
- The remaining production from SAMFORD is estimated to be worth about $238K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $197K to $278K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SAMFORD is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SAMFORD has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SAMFORD is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SAMFORD generate in a year?
- SAMFORD is forecast to net about $36K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SAMFORD receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Carthage (Haynesville Shale) |
| County | Shelby County, Texas |
| RRC district | 06 |
| Lease number | 259378 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,994,509 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $238K |
Where SAMFORD 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.