WHORTON
WHORTON is a Texas oil lease in Nolan County, Railroad Commission district 7B, operated by Cholla Petroleum, Inc. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 2012 to August 2026, totalling 28,200 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 $155K, with roughly $30K 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 50 barrels a month, about 25 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was November 2017, at 158 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 WHORTON
- Who operates WHORTON?
- WHORTON is operated by Cholla Petroleum, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 150683.
- Where is WHORTON?
- WHORTON is a Texas oil lease in Nolan County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 7B. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 30911.
- Is WHORTON still producing?
- WHORTON is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for WHORTON is August 2026.
- How much has WHORTON produced?
- WHORTON has reported 28,200 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 2012 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is WHORTON worth?
- The remaining production from WHORTON is estimated to be worth about $155K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $85K to $225K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in WHORTON is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production WHORTON has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for WHORTON is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does WHORTON generate in a year?
- WHORTON is forecast to net about $30K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in WHORTON receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Cholla Petroleum, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Sweetwater (Canyon Sand) |
| County | Nolan County, Texas |
| RRC district | 7B |
| Lease number | 30911 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 28,200 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $155K |
Where WHORTON 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.