JOHN
JOHN is a Texas oil lease in Scurry County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by DHC, Inc. It has 4 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 482,709 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 $607K, with roughly $243K 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 410 barrels a month, about 102 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2017, at 1,183 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 JOHN
- Who operates JOHN?
- JOHN is operated by DHC, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 216758.
- Where is JOHN?
- JOHN is a Texas oil lease in Scurry County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 61386.
- Is JOHN still producing?
- JOHN is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for JOHN is August 2026.
- How much has JOHN produced?
- JOHN has reported 482,709 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 4 wellbores.
- How much is JOHN worth?
- The remaining production from JOHN is estimated to be worth about $607K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $473K to $740K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in JOHN is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production JOHN has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for JOHN is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does JOHN generate in a year?
- JOHN is forecast to net about $243K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in JOHN receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | DHC, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Tri-Rue (Reef) |
| County | Scurry County, Texas |
| RRC district | 8A |
| Lease number | 61386 |
| Wellbores | 4 |
| Reported production | 482,709 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $607K |
Where JOHN 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.