SOPHIA
SOPHIA is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Samson Lone Star LP. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 2007 to August 2026, totalling 762,123 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 $232K, with roughly $42K 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 943 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was August 2016, at 1,713 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 SOPHIA
- Who operates SOPHIA?
- SOPHIA is operated by Samson Lone Star LP, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 744700.
- Where is SOPHIA?
- SOPHIA is a Texas gas lease in Wheeler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 225165.
- Is SOPHIA still producing?
- SOPHIA is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for SOPHIA is August 2026.
- How much has SOPHIA produced?
- SOPHIA has reported 762,123 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 2007 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is SOPHIA worth?
- The remaining production from SOPHIA is estimated to be worth about $232K in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $181K to $283K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in SOPHIA is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production SOPHIA has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for SOPHIA is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does SOPHIA generate in a year?
- SOPHIA is forecast to net about $42K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in SOPHIA receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Samson Lone Star LP |
|---|---|
| Field | Buffalo Wallow (Granite Wash) |
| County | Wheeler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 225165 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 762,123 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $232K |
Where SOPHIA 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.