WEST WELCH UNIT
WEST WELCH UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Dawson County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by Oxy USA Inc. It has 687 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 20,454,017 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 $21.5M, with roughly $7.7M 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 12,546 barrels a month, about 18 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 37,897 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 18% 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 WELCH UNIT
- Who operates WEST WELCH UNIT?
- WEST WELCH UNIT is operated by Oxy USA Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 630591.
- Where is WEST WELCH UNIT?
- WEST WELCH UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Dawson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 14783.
- Is WEST WELCH UNIT still producing?
- WEST WELCH UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WEST WELCH UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has WEST WELCH UNIT produced?
- WEST WELCH UNIT has reported 20,454,017 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 687 wellbores.
- How much is WEST WELCH UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from WEST WELCH UNIT is estimated to be worth about $21.5M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $17.6M to $25.4M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WEST WELCH UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WEST WELCH UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WEST WELCH UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WEST WELCH UNIT generate in a year?
- WEST WELCH UNIT is forecast to net about $7.7M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WEST WELCH UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Oxy USA Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Welch |
| County | Dawson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 8A |
| Lease number | 14783 |
| Wellbores | 687 |
| Reported production | 20,454,017 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $21.5M |
Where WEST WELCH UNIT 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.