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OPERATORS · RRC 819000  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sterling Co

Midland, TX

Watch this operator

Sterling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 10, 1979.

8 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977.

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permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
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counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 0 of record
0
leases it reports
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horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

50%
spud rate · 4 of 8 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 10–46
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
4
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 2 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Sterling county →—60Jan 10, 1979
Schleicher county →—20Sep 14, 1978

All 8 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
No completion tops on file.

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

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bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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vs the 12 months before
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mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
0
bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

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on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
0
plugged

How it got them

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permitted itself
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acquired from others
6
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill007
Other001

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed —
Address
600 Blanks Bldg.
Midland, TX 79701
Officers and agents
Blanks, W. C. · Owner

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
40566Jan 10, 1979Jan 10, 1979Sterling CompanySterlingHorwood 5 #18,75743180341
33510Sep 26, 1978Sep 26, 1978Sterling CompanySterlingHull #4-18,00043130720
32643Sep 14, 1978Sep 14, 1978Sterling CompanySchleicherMertz #1-A6,70041330733
30750Aug 16, 1978Aug 16, 1978Sterling CompanySterlingBrownfield 16 #18,00043130706
28326Jul 12, 1978Jul 12, 1978Sterling CompanySterlingBrownfield 14 #17,90043130690
19487Mar 6, 1978Mar 6, 1978Sterling CompanySterlingBrownfield 15 #17,70043130649
14730Dec 30, 1977Dec 30, 1977Sterling CompanySchleicherMertz #16,70041330651
14194Dec 16, 1977Dec 16, 1977Sterling CompanySterlingStewart 20 #17,80043130629

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/819000, documented in the API reference.