BLOCK 9 UNIT
BLOCK 9 UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Andrews County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Merit Energy Company. It has 23 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 514,651 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 $933K, with roughly $180K 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 227 barrels a month, about 10 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 843 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 BLOCK 9 UNIT
- Who operates BLOCK 9 UNIT?
- BLOCK 9 UNIT is operated by Merit Energy Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 561136.
- Where is BLOCK 9 UNIT?
- BLOCK 9 UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Andrews County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 20417.
- Is BLOCK 9 UNIT still producing?
- BLOCK 9 UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for BLOCK 9 UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has BLOCK 9 UNIT produced?
- BLOCK 9 UNIT has reported 514,651 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 23 wellbores.
- How much is BLOCK 9 UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from BLOCK 9 UNIT is estimated to be worth about $933K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $728K to $1.1M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in BLOCK 9 UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production BLOCK 9 UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for BLOCK 9 UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does BLOCK 9 UNIT generate in a year?
- BLOCK 9 UNIT is forecast to net about $180K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in BLOCK 9 UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Merit Energy Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Cowden, North |
| County | Andrews County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 20417 |
| Wellbores | 23 |
| Reported production | 514,651 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $933K |
Where BLOCK 9 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.