THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E
THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Birch Operations, Inc. It has 3 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from June 2023 to August 2026, totalling 668,681 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 $8.4M, with roughly $4.2M 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 7,463 barrels a month, about 2,488 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2023, at 72,816 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 17% 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 THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E
- Who operates THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E?
- THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is operated by Birch Operations, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 071331.
- Where is THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E?
- THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 59897.
- Is THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E still producing?
- THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is August 2026.
- How much has THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E produced?
- THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E has reported 668,681 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between June 2023 and August 2026, from 3 wellbores.
- How much is THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E worth?
- The remaining production from THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is estimated to be worth about $8.4M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $7.0M to $9.8M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E generate in a year?
- THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E is forecast to net about $4.2M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Birch Operations, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Howard County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 59897 |
| Wellbores | 3 |
| Reported production | 668,681 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $8.4M |
Where THUNDER THE BISON 18-6 E 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.