H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A

H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is a Texas oil lease in Ector County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Continental Resources, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2022 to August 2026, totalling 345,004 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 $2.8M 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 4,486 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was December 2022, at 21,794 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 H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A

Who operates H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A?: H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is operated by Continental Resources, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 173777.
Where is H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A?: H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is a Texas oil lease in Ector County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 59003.
Is H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A still producing?: H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is August 2026.
How much has H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A produced?: H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A has reported 345,004 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2022 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
How much is H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A worth?: The remaining production from H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is estimated to be worth about $7.2M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $6.0M to $8.5M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
How much income does H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A generate in a year?: H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A is forecast to net about $2.8M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.

Lease record

H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A as filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas
Operator	Continental Resources, Inc.
Field	Emma (Barnett Shale)
County	Ector County, Texas
RRC district	08
Lease number	59003
Wellbores	1
Reported production	345,004 bbl
First reported	December 2022
Last reported	August 2026
Estimated royalty value	$7.2M

Where H.S. RATLIFF 85-17A sits

Source: Railroad Commission of Texas lease production records, complete through August 2026. Figures on this page were computed on 27 August 2026.

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.