GOPHER UNIT
GOPHER UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Robertson County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Union Pacific Resources Company. It has 2 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from October 1997 to August 2026, totalling 148,006 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 $908K, with roughly $172K 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 231 barrels a month, about 116 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was December 2023, at 546 barrels. 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 GOPHER UNIT
- Who operates GOPHER UNIT?
- GOPHER UNIT is operated by Union Pacific Resources Company, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 876645.
- Where is GOPHER UNIT?
- GOPHER UNIT is a Texas oil lease in Robertson County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 23378.
- Is GOPHER UNIT still producing?
- GOPHER UNIT is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for GOPHER UNIT is August 2026.
- How much has GOPHER UNIT produced?
- GOPHER UNIT has reported 148,006 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between October 1997 and August 2026, from 2 wellbores.
- How much is GOPHER UNIT worth?
- The remaining production from GOPHER UNIT is estimated to be worth about $908K in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $708K to $1.1M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in GOPHER UNIT is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production GOPHER UNIT has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for GOPHER UNIT is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does GOPHER UNIT generate in a year?
- GOPHER UNIT is forecast to net about $172K across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 26 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in GOPHER UNIT receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Union Pacific Resources Company |
|---|---|
| Field | Giddings (Buda) |
| County | Robertson County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 23378 |
| Wellbores | 2 |
| Reported production | 148,006 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $908K |
Where GOPHER UNIT 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.