ORION A
ORION A is a Texas oil lease in Loving County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Apache Corporation. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 2017 to August 2026, totalling 876,754 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 $3.9M, with roughly $842K 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 1,151 barrels a month, about 575 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was February 2017, at 112,226 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 ORION A
- Who operates ORION A?
- ORION A is operated by Apache Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 027200.
- Where is ORION A?
- ORION A is a Texas oil lease in Loving County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 48800.
- Is ORION A still producing?
- ORION A is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for ORION A is August 2026.
- How much has ORION A produced?
- ORION A has reported 876,754 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 2017 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is ORION A worth?
- The remaining production from ORION A is estimated to be worth about $3.9M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $3.2M to $4.5M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in ORION A is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production ORION A has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for ORION A is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does ORION A generate in a year?
- ORION A is forecast to net about $842K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in ORION A receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Apache Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Alpine High (Cons) |
| County | Loving County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 48800 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 876,754 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $3.9M |
Where ORION 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.