BENTSEN BROS. - STATE
BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Shell Western E&P. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 2007 to August 2026, totalling 2,394,773 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 $286K, with roughly $87K 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 5,626 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2025, at 11,055 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 BENTSEN BROS. - STATE
- Who operates BENTSEN BROS. - STATE?
- BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is operated by Shell Western E&P, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 774719.
- Where is BENTSEN BROS. - STATE?
- BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 225619.
- Is BENTSEN BROS. - STATE still producing?
- BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is August 2026.
- How much has BENTSEN BROS. - STATE produced?
- BENTSEN BROS. - STATE has reported 2,394,773 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 2007 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BENTSEN BROS. - STATE worth?
- The remaining production from BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is estimated to be worth about $286K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $237K to $335K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BENTSEN BROS. - STATE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BENTSEN BROS. - STATE generate in a year?
- BENTSEN BROS. - STATE is forecast to net about $87K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BENTSEN BROS. - STATE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Shell Western E&P |
|---|---|
| Field | La Copita (Vicksburg Cons.) |
| County | Starr County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 225619 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 2,394,773 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $286K |
Where BENTSEN BROS. - STATE 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.