MOSS
MOSS is a Texas oil lease in Ector County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by American Exploration Company. It has 4 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 357,236 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 $281K 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 407 barrels a month, about 102 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2017, at 1,133 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 MOSS
- Who operates MOSS?
- MOSS is operated by American Exploration Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 018023.
- Where is MOSS?
- MOSS is a Texas oil lease in Ector County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 17240.
- Is MOSS still producing?
- MOSS is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for MOSS is August 2026.
- How much has MOSS produced?
- MOSS has reported 357,236 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 4 wellbores.
- How much is MOSS worth?
- The remaining production from MOSS is estimated to be worth about $1.3M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $982K to $1.5M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in MOSS is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production MOSS has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for MOSS is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does MOSS generate in a year?
- MOSS is forecast to net about $281K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in MOSS receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | American Exploration Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Harper (Ellenburger) |
| County | Ector County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 17240 |
| Wellbores | 4 |
| Reported production | 357,236 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.3M |
Where MOSS 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.