USA 3
USA 3 is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Cantera Operating, LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from July 2015 to August 2026, totalling 66,499 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 $29K, with roughly $4K 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 147 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2019, at 969 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 USA 3
- Who operates USA 3?
- USA 3 is operated by Cantera Operating, LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 129692.
- Where is USA 3?
- USA 3 is a Texas gas lease in Starr County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 278203.
- Is USA 3 still producing?
- USA 3 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for USA 3 is August 2026.
- How much has USA 3 produced?
- USA 3 has reported 66,499 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between July 2015 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is USA 3 worth?
- The remaining production from USA 3 is estimated to be worth about $29K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $23K to $35K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in USA 3 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production USA 3 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for USA 3 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does USA 3 generate in a year?
- USA 3 is forecast to net about $4K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in USA 3 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Cantera Operating, LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Bob West (L-1-4) |
| County | Starr County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 278203 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 66,499 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $29K |
Where USA 3 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.