SHORTES 17
SHORTES 17 is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Crownquest Operating, LLC. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2014 to August 2026, totalling 136,147 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 $1.9M, with roughly $293K 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 258 barrels a month, about 129 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2020, at 2,823 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 SHORTES 17
- Who operates SHORTES 17?
- SHORTES 17 is operated by Crownquest Operating, LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 191554.
- Where is SHORTES 17?
- SHORTES 17 is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 46112.
- Is SHORTES 17 still producing?
- SHORTES 17 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SHORTES 17 is August 2026.
- How much has SHORTES 17 produced?
- SHORTES 17 has reported 136,147 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2014 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is SHORTES 17 worth?
- The remaining production from SHORTES 17 is estimated to be worth about $1.9M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $1.4M to $2.3M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SHORTES 17 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SHORTES 17 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SHORTES 17 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SHORTES 17 generate in a year?
- SHORTES 17 is forecast to net about $293K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SHORTES 17 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Crownquest Operating, LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Howard County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 46112 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 136,147 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.9M |
Where SHORTES 17 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.