LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST
LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Railroad Commission district 04, operated by Forest Oil Permian Corporation. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from February 2009 to August 2026, totalling 1,252,926 thousand cubic feet. 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 $82K, with roughly $28K 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 693 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2016, at 3,687 thousand cubic feet. 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 LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST
- Who operates LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST?
- LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is operated by Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 275741.
- Where is LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST?
- LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is a Texas gas lease in Zapata County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 04. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 247490.
- Is LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST still producing?
- LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is intermittent. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is August 2026.
- How much has LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST produced?
- LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST has reported 1,252,926 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between February 2009 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST worth?
- The remaining production from LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is estimated to be worth about $82K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $64K to $100K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST generate in a year?
- LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST is forecast to net about $28K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Forest Oil Permian Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Cisco-Benavides (Lobo Cons.) |
| County | Zapata County, Texas |
| RRC district | 04 |
| Lease number | 247490 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 1,252,926 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $82K |
Where LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST 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.