WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23"

WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is a Texas oil lease in Gaines County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by Texaco E & P Inc. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from April 1997 to August 2026, totalling 50,616 barrels. The lease is shut in. 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 $16K, with roughly $3K 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 barrels a month, about 1 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was December 2017, at 203 barrels.

Key facts about WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23"

Who operates WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23"?: WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is operated by Texaco E & P Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 844118.
Where is WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23"?: WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is a Texas oil lease in Gaines County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 67721.
Is WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" still producing?: WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is shut in. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is August 2026.
How much has WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" produced?: WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" has reported 50,616 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between April 1997 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
How much is WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" worth?: The remaining production from WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is estimated to be worth about $16K in total as of 27 August 2026. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
How much income does WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" generate in a year?: WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" is forecast to net about $3K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.

Lease record

WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" as filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas
Operator	Texaco E & P Inc.
Field	Harris
County	Gaines County, Texas
RRC district	8A
Lease number	67721
Wellbores	2
Reported production	50,616 bbl
First reported	April 1997
Last reported	August 2026
Estimated royalty value	$16K

Where WHARTON, A.B. JR. "23" 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.