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STERLING County

District 11 · Permian (East) · Permits since 1977-06-08 · Data through 2026-07-10

All Permits Operators

Sterling County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 1 in the prior quarter). IKE OPERATING, LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 3 operators active in the county. 2 operators filed a first Sterling County permit in the past year. Median permitted depth over the past year is 8,500 ft (prior year: 8,900 ft); 50% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

Window
30d90d6mo1yrall
Custom to

Permits (1yr)

4

vs Prior

-20%

Operators (1yr)

3

Avg Depth (1yr)

8,293

Hz % (1yr)

50%

All Time

3,842

Depth Range: 0 - 80,382 ft
SWD wells in STERLING County → 97 active injection & disposal wells · full UIC inventory

Permit Activity

Permit Types (1yr)

DRILL

2

-1 vs prior

RECOMP

1

-1 vs prior

RECLASS

1

NEW vs prior

Top Operators

by permits, trailing 12 mo View All
OPERATORPERMITS 12MOWELLS
IKE OPERATING, LLC20
WINN OPERATING, LLC131
AMPAK OIL COMPANY19

Recent Permits

View All
PERMITLEASETYPEISSUED
916959DANA POINTDRILL2026-07-10
916958SAN MARINODRILL2026-07-09
915133PARRAMORERECOMP2026-05-19
910373REED 'F'RECLASS2025-09-18
910105FOSTER 60RECOMP2025-08-28
910082SPADE 18DRILL2025-08-28
909796AXEDRILL2025-08-12
909796AXEDRILL2025-08-12
905433TXLRECOMP2025-03-26
901127NELLIE SELLERS 'A'RECOMP2024-07-16

New to STERLING County

first county permit, past 12 mo
OPERATORFIRST PERMITPERMITSBACKGROUND
IKE OPERATING, LLC2026-07-092active elsewhere in TX
WINN OPERATING, LLC2025-09-181first TX permits

Formations Beneath STERLING County

from RRC completion filings
FORMATIONWELLSMEDIAN TOP (FT)
Canyon1,2357,593
Wolfcamp1,0766,500
Cisco1,0367,330
San Andres5311,976
Dean4346,045
Queen3861,595
Yates3711,217
Clear Fork3372,895