DALLAS, March 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Bank, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE:HGT) (the "Trust"), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.023430 per unit, payable on April 13, 2017, to unitholders of record on March 31, 2017. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty for both the current month and prior month. Underlying gas sales volumes attributable to the current month were primarily produced in January.



                   Underlying Gas Sales

                     Volumes (Mcf) (a)     Average Gas
                     ----------------

                           Total              Daily         Price per Mcf
                           -----              -----         -------------


     Current Month               1,144,000           37,000               $3.66


       Prior Month               1,203,000           39,000               $3.14


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    (a)               Sales volumes are recorded
                      in the month the trust
                      receives the related net
                      profits income.  Because
                      of this, sales volumes may
                      fluctuate from month to
                      month based on the timing
                      of cash receipts.

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that it has deducted budgeted development costs of $200,000, production expense of $1,363,000 and overhead of $964,000 in determining the royalty payment to the Trust for the current month.

Excess Costs

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that increased gas prices led to the partial recovery of excess costs on properties underlying the Kansas and Wyoming net profits interests. However after the partial recovery, there were no remaining proceeds from the properties underlying the Kansas or Wyoming net profits interests to be included in this month's distribution.

For more information on the Trust, please visit our web site at www.hgt-hugoton.com.

Statements made in this press release regarding future events or conditions are forward looking statements. Actual future results, including development costs and future net profits, could differ materially due to changes in natural gas prices and other economic conditions affecting the gas industry and other factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

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SOURCE Hugoton Royalty Trust