SOUTH UNIT
SOUTH UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Wharton County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Laurel Fuel Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 820,620 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 $2K, with roughly $212 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 13 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was December 2018, at 5,213 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 SOUTH UNIT
- Who operates SOUTH UNIT?
- SOUTH UNIT is operated by Laurel Fuel Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 489410.
- Where is SOUTH UNIT?
- SOUTH UNIT is a Texas gas lease in Wharton County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 084970.
- Is SOUTH UNIT still producing?
- SOUTH UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SOUTH UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has SOUTH UNIT produced?
- SOUTH UNIT has reported 820,620 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SOUTH UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from SOUTH UNIT is estimated to be worth about $2K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $923 to $2K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SOUTH UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SOUTH UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SOUTH UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SOUTH UNIT generate in a year?
- SOUTH UNIT is forecast to net about $212 across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SOUTH UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Laurel Fuel Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Bonus, South (Wilcox, Lower) |
| County | Wharton County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 084970 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 820,620 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $2K |
Where SOUTH UNIT 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.