SANTA MARIA
SANTA MARIA is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Samson Lone Star LP. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from June 1997 to August 2026, totalling 3,289,942 thousand cubic feet. 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 $401K, with roughly $70K 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 3,184 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was November 2016, at 7,019 thousand cubic feet. 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 SANTA MARIA
- Who operates SANTA MARIA?
- SANTA MARIA is operated by Samson Lone Star LP, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 744700.
- Where is SANTA MARIA?
- SANTA MARIA is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 164170.
- Is SANTA MARIA still producing?
- SANTA MARIA is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SANTA MARIA is August 2026.
- How much has SANTA MARIA produced?
- SANTA MARIA has reported 3,289,942 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between June 1997 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SANTA MARIA worth?
- The remaining production from SANTA MARIA is estimated to be worth about $401K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $333K to $469K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SANTA MARIA is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SANTA MARIA has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SANTA MARIA is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SANTA MARIA generate in a year?
- SANTA MARIA is forecast to net about $70K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SANTA MARIA receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Samson Lone Star LP |
|---|---|
| Field | Big Mac (8260) |
| County | Zapata County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 164170 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 3,289,942 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $401K |
Where SANTA MARIA 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.