SAMANO
SAMANO is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2002 to August 2026, totalling 837,322 thousand cubic feet. The lease is intermittent. 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 $16K, with roughly $6K 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 115 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2021, at 3,385 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 SAMANO
- Who operates SAMANO?
- SAMANO is operated by El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 250446.
- Where is SAMANO?
- SAMANO is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 188697.
- Is SAMANO still producing?
- SAMANO is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SAMANO is August 2026.
- How much has SAMANO produced?
- SAMANO has reported 837,322 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2002 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SAMANO worth?
- The remaining production from SAMANO is estimated to be worth about $16K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $12K to $19K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SAMANO is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SAMANO has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SAMANO is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SAMANO generate in a year?
- SAMANO is forecast to net about $6K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SAMANO receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co. |
|---|---|
| Field | Samano (Fourth Massive) |
| County | Starr County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 188697 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 837,322 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $16K |
Where SAMANO 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.