WARD 17B
WARD 17B is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Athlon Fe Operating LLC. It has 3 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from August 2013 to August 2026, totalling 309,915 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 $517K, with roughly $80K 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 51 barrels a month, about 17 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2016, at 3,184 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 WARD 17B
- Who operates WARD 17B?
- WARD 17B is operated by Athlon Fe Operating LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 036048.
- Where is WARD 17B?
- WARD 17B is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 44182.
- Is WARD 17B still producing?
- WARD 17B is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WARD 17B is August 2026.
- How much has WARD 17B produced?
- WARD 17B has reported 309,915 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between August 2013 and August 2026, from 3 wellbores.
- How much is WARD 17B worth?
- The remaining production from WARD 17B is estimated to be worth about $517K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $284K to $750K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WARD 17B is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WARD 17B has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WARD 17B is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WARD 17B generate in a year?
- WARD 17B is forecast to net about $80K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WARD 17B 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 | 44182 |
| Wellbores | 3 |
| Reported production | 309,915 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $517K |
Where WARD 17B 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.