FIELDS 17
FIELDS 17 is a Texas gas lease in Sutton County, Railroad Commission district 7C, operated by American Exploration Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1995 to August 2026, totalling 144,261 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 $18K, with roughly $2K 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 95 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2016, at 191 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 FIELDS 17
- Who operates FIELDS 17?
- FIELDS 17 is operated by American Exploration Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 018023.
- Where is FIELDS 17?
- FIELDS 17 is a Texas gas lease in Sutton County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 7C. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 153240.
- Is FIELDS 17 still producing?
- FIELDS 17 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FIELDS 17 is August 2026.
- How much has FIELDS 17 produced?
- FIELDS 17 has reported 144,261 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1995 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is FIELDS 17 worth?
- The remaining production from FIELDS 17 is estimated to be worth about $18K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $10K to $25K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FIELDS 17 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FIELDS 17 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FIELDS 17 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does FIELDS 17 generate in a year?
- FIELDS 17 is forecast to net about $2K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FIELDS 17 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | American Exploration Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Sawyer (Canyon) |
| County | Sutton County, Texas |
| RRC district | 7C |
| Lease number | 153240 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 144,261 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $18K |
Where FIELDS 17 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.