POPE
POPE is a Texas oil lease in Tyler County, Railroad Commission district 03, operated by Fort Apache Energy, Inc. It has 1 wellbore on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from November 2012 to August 2026, totalling 195,299 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 $1.5M, with roughly $331K 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 451 barrels a month. Its strongest month on the record we hold was July 2016, at 1,918 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 POPE
- Who operates POPE?
- POPE is operated by Fort Apache Energy, Inc., Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 277908.
- Where is POPE?
- POPE is a Texas oil lease in Tyler County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 03. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 26874.
- 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 195,299 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between November 2012 and August 2026, from 1 wellbore.
- How much is POPE worth?
- The remaining production from POPE is estimated to be worth about $1.5M in total as of 26 August 2026, within a range of $1.1M to $1.8M. 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 $331K 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 | Fort Apache Energy, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Field | Belinda (Yegua 5100) |
| County | Tyler County, Texas |
| RRC district | 03 |
| Lease number | 26874 |
| Wellbores | 1 |
| Reported production | 195,299 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $1.5M |
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.