HESS, J. W.
HESS, J. W. is a Texas oil lease in Cooke County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by WFW Production Company, Inc. It has 9 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 16,837 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 $123K, with roughly $24K 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 31 barrels a month, about 3 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was September 2019, at 66 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 45% 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 HESS, J. W.
- Who operates HESS, J. W.?
- HESS, J. W. is operated by WFW Production Company, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 913350.
- Where is HESS, J. W.?
- HESS, J. W. is a Texas oil lease in Cooke County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 02142.
- Is HESS, J. W. still producing?
- HESS, J. W. is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for HESS, J. W. is August 2026.
- How much has HESS, J. W. produced?
- HESS, J. W. has reported 16,837 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 9 wellbores.
- How much is HESS, J. W. worth?
- The remaining production from HESS, J. W. is estimated to be worth about $123K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $68K to $178K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in HESS, J. W. is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production HESS, J. W. has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for HESS, J. W. is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does HESS, J. W. generate in a year?
- HESS, J. W. is forecast to net about $24K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in HESS, J. W. receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | WFW Production Company, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Cooke County Regular |
| County | Cooke County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 02142 |
| Wellbores | 9 |
| Reported production | 16,837 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $123K |
Where HESS, J. W. 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.