JAMES BROWN 18
JAMES BROWN 18 is a Texas oil lease in Dawson County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Element Petro Operating II, LLC. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from April 2011 to August 2026, totalling 72,254 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 $572K, with roughly $108K 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 130 barrels a month, about 65 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was January 2017, at 526 barrels. 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 JAMES BROWN 18
- Who operates JAMES BROWN 18?
- JAMES BROWN 18 is operated by Element Petro Operating II, LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 247685.
- Where is JAMES BROWN 18?
- JAMES BROWN 18 is a Texas oil lease in Dawson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 41145.
- Is JAMES BROWN 18 still producing?
- JAMES BROWN 18 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for JAMES BROWN 18 is August 2026.
- How much has JAMES BROWN 18 produced?
- JAMES BROWN 18 has reported 72,254 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between April 2011 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is JAMES BROWN 18 worth?
- The remaining production from JAMES BROWN 18 is estimated to be worth about $572K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $446K to $698K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in JAMES BROWN 18 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production JAMES BROWN 18 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for JAMES BROWN 18 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does JAMES BROWN 18 generate in a year?
- JAMES BROWN 18 is forecast to net about $108K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in JAMES BROWN 18 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Element Petro Operating II, LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Dawson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 41145 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 72,254 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $572K |
Where JAMES BROWN 18 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.