BIRDWELL
BIRDWELL is a Texas oil lease in Cochran County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by Smith, J. W. Oil Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 35,854 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 $380K, with roughly $73K 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 101 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2017, at 258 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 BIRDWELL
- Who operates BIRDWELL?
- BIRDWELL is operated by Smith, J. W. Oil Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 792504.
- Where is BIRDWELL?
- BIRDWELL is a Texas oil lease in Cochran County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 61528.
- Is BIRDWELL still producing?
- BIRDWELL is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BIRDWELL is August 2026.
- How much has BIRDWELL produced?
- BIRDWELL has reported 35,854 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is BIRDWELL worth?
- The remaining production from BIRDWELL is estimated to be worth about $380K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $296K to $464K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BIRDWELL is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BIRDWELL has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BIRDWELL is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BIRDWELL generate in a year?
- BIRDWELL is forecast to net about $73K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BIRDWELL receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Smith, J. W. Oil Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Levelland |
| County | Cochran County, Texas |
| RRC district | 8A |
| Lease number | 61528 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 35,854 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $380K |
Where BIRDWELL 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.