LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT
LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Hockley County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by Great Western Drilling Company. It has 32 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2016 to August 2026, totalling 3,633,460 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 $52.7M, with roughly $15.1M 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 22,649 barrels a month, about 708 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2021, at 42,693 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 18% 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 LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT
- Who operates LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT?
- LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is operated by Great Western Drilling Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 328780.
- Where is LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT?
- LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Hockley County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 70429.
- Is LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT still producing?
- LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT produced?
- LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT has reported 3,633,460 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2016 and August 2026, from 32 wellbores.
- How much is LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is estimated to be worth about $52.7M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $43.2M to $62.2M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT generate in a year?
- LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT is forecast to net about $15.1M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Great Western Drilling Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Linker (Clear Fork) |
| County | Hockley County, Texas |
| RRC district | 8A |
| Lease number | 70429 |
| Wellbores | 32 |
| Reported production | 3,633,460 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $52.7M |
Where LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) 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.