COTTONWOOD
COTTONWOOD is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Big Star Oil & Gas, LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from September 2011 to August 2026, totalling 26,835 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 $180K, with roughly $35K 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 58 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was April 2020, at 602 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 COTTONWOOD
- Who operates COTTONWOOD?
- COTTONWOOD is operated by Big Star Oil & Gas, LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 070445.
- Where is COTTONWOOD?
- COTTONWOOD is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 43167.
- Is COTTONWOOD still producing?
- COTTONWOOD is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for COTTONWOOD is August 2026.
- How much has COTTONWOOD produced?
- COTTONWOOD has reported 26,835 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between September 2011 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is COTTONWOOD worth?
- The remaining production from COTTONWOOD is estimated to be worth about $180K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $99K to $261K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in COTTONWOOD is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production COTTONWOOD has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for COTTONWOOD is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does COTTONWOOD generate in a year?
- COTTONWOOD is forecast to net about $35K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in COTTONWOOD receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Big Star Oil & Gas, LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Howard County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 43167 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 26,835 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $180K |
Where COTTONWOOD 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.