WIDOW MAKER
WIDOW MAKER is a Texas oil lease in Winkler County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Blackbeard Operating, LLC. It has 4 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from November 2019 to August 2026, totalling 293,831 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 $7.2M, with roughly $2.0M 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 2,260 barrels a month, about 565 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2021, at 8,418 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 WIDOW MAKER
- Who operates WIDOW MAKER?
- WIDOW MAKER is operated by Blackbeard Operating, LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 073056.
- Where is WIDOW MAKER?
- WIDOW MAKER is a Texas oil lease in Winkler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 55852.
- Is WIDOW MAKER still producing?
- WIDOW MAKER is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WIDOW MAKER is August 2026.
- How much has WIDOW MAKER produced?
- WIDOW MAKER has reported 293,831 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between November 2019 and August 2026, from 4 wellbores.
- How much is WIDOW MAKER worth?
- The remaining production from WIDOW MAKER is estimated to be worth about $7.2M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $6.0M to $8.4M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WIDOW MAKER is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WIDOW MAKER has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WIDOW MAKER is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WIDOW MAKER generate in a year?
- WIDOW MAKER is forecast to net about $2.0M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WIDOW MAKER receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Blackbeard Operating, LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Monahans, North (Clearfork) |
| County | Winkler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 55852 |
| Wellbores | 4 |
| Reported production | 293,831 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $7.2M |
Where WIDOW MAKER 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.