WARD 17 A
WARD 17 A is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Athlon Fe Operating LLC. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from August 2012 to August 2026, totalling 77,073 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 $745K, with roughly $134K 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 151 barrels a month, about 76 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was March 2024, at 670 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 WARD 17 A
- Who operates WARD 17 A?
- WARD 17 A is operated by Athlon Fe Operating LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 036048.
- Where is WARD 17 A?
- WARD 17 A is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 43084.
- Is WARD 17 A still producing?
- WARD 17 A is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WARD 17 A is August 2026.
- How much has WARD 17 A produced?
- WARD 17 A has reported 77,073 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between August 2012 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is WARD 17 A worth?
- The remaining production from WARD 17 A is estimated to be worth about $745K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $581K to $908K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WARD 17 A is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WARD 17 A has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WARD 17 A is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WARD 17 A generate in a year?
- WARD 17 A is forecast to net about $134K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WARD 17 A receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Athlon Fe Operating LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Howard County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 43084 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 77,073 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $745K |
Where WARD 17 A 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.