WARD 17E
WARD 17E is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Encana Oil & Gas(USA) Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2015 to August 2026, totalling 283,516 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 $866K, with roughly $371K 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 562 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 10,044 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 17E
- Who operates WARD 17E?
- WARD 17E is operated by Encana Oil & Gas(USA) Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 251691.
- Where is WARD 17E?
- WARD 17E is a Texas oil lease in Howard County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 47740.
- Is WARD 17E still producing?
- WARD 17E is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WARD 17E is August 2026.
- How much has WARD 17E produced?
- WARD 17E has reported 283,516 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2015 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is WARD 17E worth?
- The remaining production from WARD 17E is estimated to be worth about $866K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $676K to $1.1M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WARD 17E is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WARD 17E has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WARD 17E is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WARD 17E generate in a year?
- WARD 17E is forecast to net about $371K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WARD 17E receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Encana Oil & Gas(USA) Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Spraberry (Trend Area) |
| County | Howard County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 47740 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 283,516 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $866K |
Where WARD 17E 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.