KUNKEL
KUNKEL is a Texas oil lease in Young County, Railroad Commission district 09, operated by Mahler, Kelly Operating. It has 13 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 59,923 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 $214K, with roughly $41K 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 62 barrels a month, about 5 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was February 2018, at 189 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 KUNKEL
- Who operates KUNKEL?
- KUNKEL is operated by Mahler, Kelly Operating, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 522276.
- Where is KUNKEL?
- KUNKEL is a Texas oil lease in Young County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 09. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 22486.
- Is KUNKEL still producing?
- KUNKEL is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for KUNKEL is August 2026.
- How much has KUNKEL produced?
- KUNKEL has reported 59,923 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 13 wellbores.
- How much is KUNKEL worth?
- The remaining production from KUNKEL is estimated to be worth about $214K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $118K to $311K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in KUNKEL is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production KUNKEL has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for KUNKEL is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does KUNKEL generate in a year?
- KUNKEL is forecast to net about $41K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in KUNKEL receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Mahler, Kelly Operating |
|---|---|
| Field | Young County Regular |
| County | Young County, Texas |
| RRC district | 09 |
| Lease number | 22486 |
| Wellbores | 13 |
| Reported production | 59,923 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $214K |
Where KUNKEL 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.