OPERATORS · RRC 819006 · P-5 STATUS Y

Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC

Houston, TX

Sterling Expl. & Prod. CO., LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 26, 2007.

The RRC wellbore file lists 15 wells under its operatorship (3 producing, 1 shut in).

29 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1999; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
3: producing wells, of 15 of record
38: leases it reports
—: 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.

34%: spud rate · 10 of 29 mature permits
32: median days permit to spud · middle half 23–68
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
19: expired undrilled
4: permits a year over 8 active years

Where

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

County	12 mo	All time	Wells	Last
Calhoun county →	—	22	5	Jan 26, 2007
Matagorda county →	—	3	4	Aug 4, 2004
High IS-LB county →	—	2	0	Sep 29, 2006
High IS-SB county →	—	2	6	Oct 31, 2002

All 29 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 →

Formation	Wells	Permitted last 3 yrs
Miocene (undifferentiated)	6	0
Frio	1	0
Anahuac	1	0

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 →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
888K: 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

15: on the schedule
3: producing
1: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
9: plugged

How it got them

6: permitted itself
8: acquired from others
4: 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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	15
Recompletion	0	0	13
Reenter	0	0	1

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

Field	Wells	Producing
Matagorda Bay (2700 E.)58192782	2	0
St. Tr. 60-S West (K Sand)85724140	2	2
Matagorda Bay Blk. 173 (2750)58205450	1	0
Matagorda Bay (Miocene 1900)58192071	1	0
Matagorda Bay NE (Miocene 2570)58196390	1	0
Magnolia Beach E (Melbourne SD)56711666	1	0
Matagorda Bay S (Miocene 3600)58197465	1	0
St. Tr. 60-S East (I Sand)85717125	1	0
St. Tr. 60-S East (K Sand)85717140	1	1
St. Tr. 60-S West (G Sand)85724123	1	0
St. Tr. 60-S West (I Sand)85724125	1	0
Matagorda Bay S (Miocene 2800)58197400	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Apr 4, 2026; CSGD/GGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator

Address: 675 Bering Dr Ste 850; Houston, TX 77057

Officers and agents: Cheatham, Robert Charles · Texas Resident Agent; Matagorda Operating Company · Managing Member; Cheatham, Robert Charles · Manager

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
627565	Jan 26, 2007	Jan 26, 2007	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 65 #2	8,750	05730811
630244	Jan 23, 2007	Jan 23, 2007	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 53, N/2 #2	8,950	05731731
616956	Sep 29, 2006	Sep 29, 2006	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	High IS-LB	High Island 24-L, N/2, NW/4 #A 4	9,958	70800094
616955	Sep 15, 2006	Sep 15, 2006	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	High IS-LB	High Island 24-L, N/2, NW/4 #A 3	8,500	70800113
548796	Aug 4, 2004	Aug 4, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Matagorda	State Tract 194 #5	3,036	32130856
541419	Feb 9, 2004	Feb 9, 2004	Palace Operating Company	Calhoun	State Tract 66 N/2 #1	10,328	05731665
541345	Feb 3, 2004	Feb 3, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 120 (N/2) #1	6,000	05731664
541254	Jan 29, 2004	Jan 29, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 65 (N/2) #1	8,800	05731663
540956	Jan 20, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Matagorda	State Tract 180 (S/2) #1	6,000	32131994
540956	Jan 20, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Matagorda	State Tract 180 (S/2) #1	4,675	32131994
540955	Jan 20, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 105 (N/2) #1	6,000	05731660
540954	Jan 20, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 95 (S/2) #1	6,000	05731662
540953	Jan 20, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 71 (N/2) #1	6,000	05731661
539649	Dec 17, 2003	Dec 17, 2003	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 53 #2	8,900	05731657
539649	Dec 17, 2003	Dec 17, 2003	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Calhoun	State Tract 53 #2	8,950	05731657

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/819006, documented in the API reference.