MCDONALD, ERNEST
MCDONALD, ERNEST is a Texas oil lease in Wichita County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by King & West. It has 3 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 34,051 barrels. The lease is intermittent. 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 $57K, with roughly $11K 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 11 barrels a month, about 4 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was December 2025, at 21 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 MCDONALD, ERNEST
- Who operates MCDONALD, ERNEST?
- MCDONALD, ERNEST is operated by King & West, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 466700.
- Where is MCDONALD, ERNEST?
- MCDONALD, ERNEST is a Texas oil lease in Wichita County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 05162.
- Is MCDONALD, ERNEST still producing?
- MCDONALD, ERNEST is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for MCDONALD, ERNEST is August 2026.
- How much has MCDONALD, ERNEST produced?
- MCDONALD, ERNEST has reported 34,051 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 3 wellbores.
- How much is MCDONALD, ERNEST worth?
- The remaining production from MCDONALD, ERNEST is estimated to be worth about $57K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $31K to $82K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in MCDONALD, ERNEST is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production MCDONALD, ERNEST has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for MCDONALD, ERNEST is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does MCDONALD, ERNEST generate in a year?
- MCDONALD, ERNEST is forecast to net about $11K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in MCDONALD, ERNEST receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | King & West |
|---|---|
| Field | Wichita County Regular |
| County | Wichita County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 05162 |
| Wellbores | 3 |
| Reported production | 34,051 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $57K |
Where MCDONALD, ERNEST 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.