CADENHEAD 18
CADENHEAD 18 is a Texas oil lease in Ward County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Energen Resources Corporation. It has 6 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2012 to August 2026, totalling 1,724,926 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 $5.8M, with roughly $1.8M 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 2,774 barrels a month, about 462 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2016, at 11,095 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 CADENHEAD 18
- Who operates CADENHEAD 18?
- CADENHEAD 18 is operated by Energen Resources Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 252002.
- Where is CADENHEAD 18?
- CADENHEAD 18 is a Texas oil lease in Ward County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 42498.
- Is CADENHEAD 18 still producing?
- CADENHEAD 18 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for CADENHEAD 18 is August 2026.
- How much has CADENHEAD 18 produced?
- CADENHEAD 18 has reported 1,724,926 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2012 and August 2026, from 6 wellbores.
- How much is CADENHEAD 18 worth?
- The remaining production from CADENHEAD 18 is estimated to be worth about $5.8M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $4.8M to $6.7M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in CADENHEAD 18 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production CADENHEAD 18 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for CADENHEAD 18 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does CADENHEAD 18 generate in a year?
- CADENHEAD 18 is forecast to net about $1.8M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in CADENHEAD 18 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Energen Resources Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Two Georges (Bone Spring) |
| County | Ward County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 42498 |
| Wellbores | 6 |
| Reported production | 1,724,926 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $5.8M |
Where CADENHEAD 18 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.