CAUTHORN "85"
CAUTHORN "85" is a Texas gas lease in Sutton County, Railroad Commission district 01, operated by Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1997 to August 2026, totalling 330,518 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 $10K, with roughly $1K 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 39 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 1,188 thousand cubic feet. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 45% 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 CAUTHORN "85"
- Who operates CAUTHORN "85"?
- CAUTHORN "85" is operated by Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 228125.
- Where is CAUTHORN "85"?
- CAUTHORN "85" is a Texas gas lease in Sutton County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 01. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 163608.
- Is CAUTHORN "85" still producing?
- CAUTHORN "85" is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CAUTHORN "85" is August 2026.
- How much has CAUTHORN "85" produced?
- CAUTHORN "85" has reported 330,518 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1997 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is CAUTHORN "85" worth?
- The remaining production from CAUTHORN "85" is estimated to be worth about $10K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $6K to $15K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CAUTHORN "85" is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CAUTHORN "85" has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CAUTHORN "85" is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CAUTHORN "85" generate in a year?
- CAUTHORN "85" is forecast to net about $1K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CAUTHORN "85" receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp |
|---|---|
| Field | Holman Ranch, N (Penn) |
| County | Sutton County, Texas |
| RRC district | 01 |
| Lease number | 163608 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 330,518 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $10K |
Where CAUTHORN "85" 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.