OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 819006

Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC

P-5 status
Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed
Sep 3, 2008
Based in
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 27 wells under its operatorship (3 producing, 3 shut in).

22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1999; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 3, 2008.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
3
producing wells, of 27 of record
38
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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 · 11 of 22 mature permits
31
median days permit to spud · middle half 26–38
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
11
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 8 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Calhoun county →—169Jan 26, 2007
High IS-LB county →—20Sep 29, 2006
High IS-SB county →—26Oct 31, 2002
Matagorda county →—212Aug 4, 2004

All 22 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
Miocene (undifferentiated)60
Anahuac10
Frio10

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 ten years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

27
in the wellbore file, 6 on schedule
3
producing
3
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
21
plugged

How it got them

9
permitted itself
16
acquired from others
6
permitted, now run by others

Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. 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
Drill0012
Recompletion009
Reenter001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Delinquent (D)
Last filed Sep 3, 2008
CSGD/GGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
675 Bering Dr Ste 850
Houston, TX 77057
(713) 789-0500
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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
627565Jan 26, 2007Jan 26, 2007Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 65 #28,75005730811
630244Jan 23, 2007Jan 23, 2007Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 53, N/2 #28,95005731731
616956Sep 29, 2006Sep 29, 2006Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCHigh IS-LBHigh Island 24-L, N/2, NW/4 #A 49,95870800094
616955Sep 15, 2006Sep 15, 2006Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCHigh IS-LBHigh Island 24-L, N/2, NW/4 #A 38,50070800113
548796Aug 4, 2004Aug 4, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCMatagordaState Tract 194 #53,03632130856
541419AmendmentFeb 9, 2004Feb 9, 2004Palace Operating CompanyCalhounState Tract 66 N/2 #110,32805731665
541345Feb 3, 2004Feb 3, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 120 (N/2) #16,00005731664
541254Jan 29, 2004Jan 29, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 65 (N/2) #18,80005731663
540956Jan 20, 2004Jan 20, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCMatagordaState Tract 180 (S/2) #16,00032131994
540956AmendmentJan 20, 2004Jan 20, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCMatagordaState Tract 180 (S/2) #14,67532131994
540955Jan 20, 2004Jan 20, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 105 (N/2) #16,00005731660
540954Jan 20, 2004Jan 20, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 95 (S/2) #16,00005731662
540953Jan 20, 2004Jan 20, 2004Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 71 (N/2) #16,00005731661
539649Dec 17, 2003Dec 17, 2003Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 53 #28,90005731657
539649AmendmentDec 17, 2003Dec 17, 2003Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCCalhounState Tract 53 #28,95005731657

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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/819006, documented in the API reference.