POPE
POPE is a Texas gas lease in Ochiltree County, Railroad Commission district 10, operated by Mewbourne Oil Company. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from June 2003 to August 2026, totalling 534,730 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 $423K, with roughly $73K 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 2,218 thousand cubic feet a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was October 2025, at 3,031 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 POPE
- Who operates POPE?
- POPE is operated by Mewbourne Oil Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 562560.
- Where is POPE?
- POPE is a Texas gas lease in Ochiltree County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 10. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 196418.
- Is POPE still producing?
- POPE is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for POPE is August 2026.
- How much has POPE produced?
- POPE has reported 534,730 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between June 2003 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is POPE worth?
- The remaining production from POPE is estimated to be worth about $423K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $351K to $495K. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in POPE is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production POPE has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for POPE is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does POPE generate in a year?
- POPE is forecast to net about $73K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in POPE receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Mewbourne Oil Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Waka, W. (Cleveland) |
| County | Ochiltree County, Texas |
| RRC district | 10 |
| Lease number | 196418 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 534,730 mcf |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $423K |
Where POPE 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.