CLASSEN, W. J.
CLASSEN, W. J. is a Texas oil lease in Dawson County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by Murphy Exploration & Prod. Co. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 420,659 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 $1.3M, with roughly $417K 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 742 barrels a month, about 371 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2023, at 2,560 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 CLASSEN, W. J.
- Who operates CLASSEN, W. J.?
- CLASSEN, W. J. is operated by Murphy Exploration & Prod. Co., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 594650.
- Where is CLASSEN, W. J.?
- CLASSEN, W. J. is a Texas oil lease in Dawson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 04487.
- Is CLASSEN, W. J. still producing?
- CLASSEN, W. J. is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CLASSEN, W. J. is August 2026.
- How much has CLASSEN, W. J. produced?
- CLASSEN, W. J. has reported 420,659 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is CLASSEN, W. J. worth?
- The remaining production from CLASSEN, W. J. is estimated to be worth about $1.3M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $1.0M to $1.6M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CLASSEN, W. J. is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CLASSEN, W. J. has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CLASSEN, W. J. is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CLASSEN, W. J. generate in a year?
- CLASSEN, W. J. is forecast to net about $417K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CLASSEN, W. J. receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Murphy Exploration & Prod. Co. |
|---|---|
| Field | Mungerville (Pennsylvanian) |
| County | Dawson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 8A |
| Lease number | 04487 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 420,659 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.3M |
Where CLASSEN, W. J. 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.