STILES 17
STILES 17 is a Texas oil lease in Wheeler County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Apache Corporation. It has 4 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from July 2013 to August 2026, totalling 216,010 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 $869K, with roughly $131K 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 90 barrels a month, about 23 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was September 2016, at 1,700 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 STILES 17
- Who operates STILES 17?
- STILES 17 is operated by Apache Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 027200.
- Where is STILES 17?
- STILES 17 is a Texas oil lease in Wheeler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 08972.
- Is STILES 17 still producing?
- STILES 17 is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for STILES 17 is August 2026.
- How much has STILES 17 produced?
- STILES 17 has reported 216,010 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between July 2013 and August 2026, from 4 wellbores.
- How much is STILES 17 worth?
- The remaining production from STILES 17 is estimated to be worth about $869K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $478K to $1.3M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in STILES 17 is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production STILES 17 has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for STILES 17 is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does STILES 17 generate in a year?
- STILES 17 is forecast to net about $131K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in STILES 17 receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Apache Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Mills Ranch (Granite Wash Cons.) |
| County | Wheeler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 08972 |
| Wellbores | 4 |
| Reported production | 216,010 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $869K |
Where STILES 17 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.