SHORT, J. C.
SHORT, J. C. is a Texas oil lease in Gray County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Caldwell Production Co. Inc. It has 4 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 20,356 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 $206K, with roughly $40K 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 54 barrels a month, about 13 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2023, at 208 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 SHORT, J. C.
- Who operates SHORT, J. C.?
- SHORT, J. C. is operated by Caldwell Production Co. Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 123682.
- Where is SHORT, J. C.?
- SHORT, J. C. is a Texas oil lease in Gray County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 00279.
- Is SHORT, J. C. still producing?
- SHORT, J. C. is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SHORT, J. C. is August 2026.
- How much has SHORT, J. C. produced?
- SHORT, J. C. has reported 20,356 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 4 wellbores.
- How much is SHORT, J. C. worth?
- The remaining production from SHORT, J. C. is estimated to be worth about $206K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $113K to $298K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SHORT, J. C. is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SHORT, J. C. has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SHORT, J. C. is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SHORT, J. C. generate in a year?
- SHORT, J. C. is forecast to net about $40K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SHORT, J. C. receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Caldwell Production Co. Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Panhandle Gray County Field |
| County | Gray County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 00279 |
| Wellbores | 4 |
| Reported production | 20,356 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $206K |
Where SHORT, J. C. 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.