UTES DU
UTES 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 October 2010 to August 2026, totalling 3,279,715 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 $140K, with roughly $31K 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 2,104 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was April 2026, at 8,767 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 UTES DU
- Who operates UTES DU?
- UTES DU is operated by Xto Energy Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 945936.
- Where is UTES DU?
- UTES DU is a Texas gas lease in Shelby County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 06. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 259646.
- Is UTES DU still producing?
- UTES DU is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for UTES DU is August 2026.
- How much has UTES DU produced?
- UTES DU has reported 3,279,715 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between October 2010 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is UTES DU worth?
- The remaining production from UTES DU is estimated to be worth about $140K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $117K to $164K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in UTES DU is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production UTES DU has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for UTES DU is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does UTES DU generate in a year?
- UTES DU is forecast to net about $31K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in UTES 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 | 259646 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 3,279,715 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $140K |
Where UTES 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.