OPERATORS · RRC 819390 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sterling Expl Co., Inc
Fort Worth, TX
Watch this operatorSterling Expl CO., Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 21, 1993.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 2, 2015.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 of record
- 1
- 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.
- 60%
- spud rate · 3 of 5 mature permits
- 20
- median days permit to spud · middle half 12–28
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 1 active year
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 2.21K
- 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
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 3
- 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 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| James (Congl. 4500)45544600 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Apr 2, 2015
- Address
- 3915 Hwy 377 South Ste B
- Fort Worth, TX 76116
- Officers and agents
- Morse, Dale T. · President/Ceo
- Fenlaw, Surrie Hayden · Vice President
- Tweed, Charles Ronald · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413720 | Jul 21, 1993 | Jul 21, 1993 | Sterling Exploration Co., Inc. | Young | Tiffin/Lease Dalana #1 | 6,000 | 50340540 |
| 413720 | Jul 21, 1993 | Jul 21, 1993 | Sterling Exploration Co., Inc. | Young | Tiffin/Dalana #1 | 5,000 | 50340540 |
| 410764 | Apr 19, 1993 | Apr 19, 1993 | Sterling Exploration Co., Inc. | Young | Terrell/Bridges Lease #1 | 6,500 | 50340522 |
| 407602 | Dec 23, 1992 | Dec 23, 1992 | Sterling Exploration Co., Inc. | Young | Slaughter #1 | 7,000 | 50340499 |
| 402851 | Aug 31, 1992 | Aug 31, 1992 | Sterling Exploration Co., Inc. | Brown | Elder #2 | 3,200 | 04935480 |
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/819390, documented in the API reference.