FOSTER
FOSTER is a Texas gas lease in Wise County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Hess, Jerry Operating Co. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 2002 to August 2026, totalling 343,004 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 $61K, with roughly $13K 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 514 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was November 2016, at 1,015 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 FOSTER
- Who operates FOSTER?
- FOSTER is operated by Hess, Jerry Operating Co., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 381740.
- Where is FOSTER?
- FOSTER is a Texas gas lease in Wise County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 187504.
- Is FOSTER still producing?
- FOSTER is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for FOSTER is August 2026.
- How much has FOSTER produced?
- FOSTER has reported 343,004 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 2002 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is FOSTER worth?
- The remaining production from FOSTER is estimated to be worth about $61K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $48K to $75K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in FOSTER is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production FOSTER has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for FOSTER is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does FOSTER generate in a year?
- FOSTER is forecast to net about $13K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in FOSTER receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Hess, Jerry Operating Co. |
|---|---|
| Field | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) |
| County | Wise County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 187504 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 343,004 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $61K |
Where FOSTER 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.