HANCHER VIPER
HANCHER VIPER is a Texas oil lease in Wharton County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Viper S.W.D., LLC. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2022 to August 2026, totalling 9,989 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 $457K, with roughly $173K 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 289 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2022, at 486 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 HANCHER VIPER
- Who operates HANCHER VIPER?
- HANCHER VIPER is operated by Viper S.W.D., LLC, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 886209.
- Where is HANCHER VIPER?
- HANCHER VIPER is a Texas oil lease in Wharton County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 27958.
- Is HANCHER VIPER still producing?
- HANCHER VIPER is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for HANCHER VIPER is August 2026.
- How much has HANCHER VIPER produced?
- HANCHER VIPER has reported 9,989 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2022 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is HANCHER VIPER worth?
- The remaining production from HANCHER VIPER is estimated to be worth about $457K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $357K to $558K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in HANCHER VIPER is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production HANCHER VIPER has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for HANCHER VIPER is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does HANCHER VIPER generate in a year?
- HANCHER VIPER is forecast to net about $173K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in HANCHER VIPER receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Viper S.W.D., LLC |
|---|---|
| Field | Louise, South (Frio 5170) |
| County | Wharton County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 27958 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 9,989 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $457K |
Where HANCHER VIPER 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.