Oil and gas leases in Kern Co.
Kern Co. is a Texas operator, Commission number 457510, with 16 leases reporting production across 2 counties. Between them they carry 35 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 481 thousand barrels of oil. Every lease below has its own page with a decline-curve forecast and an estimate of what the whole lease is worth.
Key facts about Kern Co.
- How many oil and gas leases are in Kern Co.?
- Kern Co. has 16 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
- How much oil and gas has Kern Co. produced?
- Leases in Kern Co. have reported 481,350 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
- How much are mineral rights in Kern Co. worth?
- There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Kern Co. is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 16 leases listed here has its own page with the full production history the operator reported, a decline-curve forecast, and an estimate of what a royalty interest in it is worth today.
Counties here
- Taylor County — 14 leases
- Ward County — 2 leases
Railroad Commission districts
- District 7B — 14 leases
- District 08 — 2 leases
Leases
- SMITH, SEALY — oil, Kern Co., Ward County, 113 thousand reported
- TICE, A. P. — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 106 thousand reported
- MINORS TICE B — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 68 thousand reported
- YOUNG, R. F. — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 44 thousand reported
- DRISKELL — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 33 thousand reported
- HUMBLE — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 25 thousand reported
- BLACK, J.R. "A" — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 19 thousand reported
- TICE MINORS -A- — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 15 thousand reported
- SOWELL — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 14 thousand reported
- KERN — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 13 thousand reported
- SOWELL — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 9 thousand reported
- LEDBETTER RANCH — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 8 thousand reported
- SOWELL — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 8 thousand reported
- SMITH, SEALY -B- — oil, Kern Co., Ward County, 4 thousand reported
- BLACK, J.R. — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 1 thousand reported
- BLACK, J.R. "A" — oil, Kern Co., Taylor County, 73 reported
Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. Values shown on lease pages are estimates produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; they are not offers or appraisals.