UL EMPIRE 15-16 A
UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is a Texas oil lease in Ward County, Railroad Commission district 08, operated by Vital Energy, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from December 2023 to August 2026, totalling 182,712 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 $5.7M, with roughly $2.0M 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 4,426 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was June 2024, at 20,257 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 UL EMPIRE 15-16 A
- Who operates UL EMPIRE 15-16 A?
- UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is operated by Vital Energy, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 100951.
- Where is UL EMPIRE 15-16 A?
- UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is a Texas oil lease in Ward County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 08. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 61182.
- Is UL EMPIRE 15-16 A still producing?
- UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is August 2026.
- How much has UL EMPIRE 15-16 A produced?
- UL EMPIRE 15-16 A has reported 182,712 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between December 2023 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is UL EMPIRE 15-16 A worth?
- The remaining production from UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is estimated to be worth about $5.7M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $4.7M to $6.7M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production UL EMPIRE 15-16 A has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does UL EMPIRE 15-16 A generate in a year?
- UL EMPIRE 15-16 A is forecast to net about $2.0M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in UL EMPIRE 15-16 A receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Vital Energy, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Wolfbone (Trend Area) |
| County | Ward County, Texas |
| RRC district | 08 |
| Lease number | 61182 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 182,712 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $5.7M |
Where UL EMPIRE 15-16 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.