SHORT
SHORT is a Texas oil lease in Clay County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Lewis Operating Company. It has 6 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 292,385 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 $699K, with roughly $229K 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 373 barrels a month, about 62 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was April 2018, at 641 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 SHORT
- Who operates SHORT?
- SHORT is operated by Lewis Operating Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 499984.
- Where is SHORT?
- SHORT is a Texas oil lease in Clay County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 21042.
- Is SHORT still producing?
- SHORT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SHORT is August 2026.
- How much has SHORT produced?
- SHORT has reported 292,385 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 6 wellbores.
- How much is SHORT worth?
- The remaining production from SHORT is estimated to be worth about $699K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $545K to $853K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SHORT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SHORT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SHORT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SHORT generate in a year?
- SHORT is forecast to net about $229K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SHORT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Lewis Operating Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Short (Ellenburger) |
| County | Clay County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 21042 |
| Wellbores | 6 |
| Reported production | 292,385 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $699K |
Where SHORT 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.