ELEPHANT 3
ELEPHANT 3 is a Texas oil lease in Reeves County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Patriot Resources, Inc. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from November 2013 to August 2026, totalling 468,648 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 $4.2M, with roughly $932K 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 1,196 barrels a month, about 598 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2017, at 5,165 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 ELEPHANT 3
- Who operates ELEPHANT 3?
- ELEPHANT 3 is operated by Patriot Resources, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 643401.
- Where is ELEPHANT 3?
- ELEPHANT 3 is a Texas oil lease in Reeves County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 45363.
- Is ELEPHANT 3 still producing?
- ELEPHANT 3 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for ELEPHANT 3 is August 2026.
- How much has ELEPHANT 3 produced?
- ELEPHANT 3 has reported 468,648 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between November 2013 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is ELEPHANT 3 worth?
- The remaining production from ELEPHANT 3 is estimated to be worth about $4.2M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $3.5M to $4.9M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in ELEPHANT 3 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production ELEPHANT 3 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for ELEPHANT 3 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does ELEPHANT 3 generate in a year?
- ELEPHANT 3 is forecast to net about $932K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in ELEPHANT 3 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Patriot Resources, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Wolfbone (Trend Area) |
| County | Reeves County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 45363 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 468,648 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $4.2M |
Where ELEPHANT 3 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.