WEST RANCH -A-
WEST RANCH -A- is a Texas oil lease in Jackson County, Railroad Commission district 02, operated by Meridian Oil Production Inc. It has 287 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 6,007,517 barrels. 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 $17.5M, with roughly $4.3M 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 6,186 barrels a month, about 22 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2019, at 11,285 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 17% 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 WEST RANCH -A-
- Who operates WEST RANCH -A-?
- WEST RANCH -A- is operated by Meridian Oil Production Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 561133.
- Where is WEST RANCH -A-?
- WEST RANCH -A- is a Texas oil lease in Jackson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 02. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 01656.
- Is WEST RANCH -A- still producing?
- WEST RANCH -A- is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WEST RANCH -A- is August 2026.
- How much has WEST RANCH -A- produced?
- WEST RANCH -A- has reported 6,007,517 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 287 wellbores.
- How much is WEST RANCH -A- worth?
- The remaining production from WEST RANCH -A- is estimated to be worth about $17.5M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $14.5M to $20.4M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WEST RANCH -A- is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WEST RANCH -A- has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WEST RANCH -A- is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WEST RANCH -A- generate in a year?
- WEST RANCH -A- is forecast to net about $4.3M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WEST RANCH -A- receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Meridian Oil Production Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | West Ranch (Greta) |
| County | Jackson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 02 |
| Lease number | 01656 |
| Wellbores | 287 |
| Reported production | 6,007,517 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $17.5M |
Where WEST RANCH -A- 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.