WELL · 42-415-02578 · DISTRICT 8
Sterling W. H. #3
Scurry County · Sharon Ridge (2400) field · Vertical
Sterling W. H. #3 (API 42-415-02578) is a plugged well in Scurry County, plugged October 18, 2022, last operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 19, 1999, permitted to 2,414 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Clear Fork.
Its 3 leases have reported 136K barrels of oil and 8.95K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 11, 2012
- Permits on file
- 4,004
- Phone
- (832) 636-3130
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Production reports | Crossroads Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Anadarko Petroleum Corp.Oct 19, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,414
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 19, 1999
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 136K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 8.95K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 18, 2022
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling, W. H. O-11-14871 | Sharon Ridge (Clear Fork) | Crossroads Operating, LLC | 2 | 102K | 7.06K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Sterling, W. H. O-11-68141 | Sharon Ridge (1700) | Crossroads Operating, LLC | 1 | 33.2K | 1.89K | Nov 1999 – Jul 2026 |
| Sterling, W. H. O-11-15154 | Sharon Ridge (2400) | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 186 | 3 | Jan 1993 – Jul 1993 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,870 · prior 12 1,918(-3%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Anadarko Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Mar 2007
- 2Apache CorporationApr 2007 → Feb 2020
- 3Crossroads Operating, LLCMar 2020 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 488561-99 | Recompletion | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | Oct 15, 1999 | Oct 19, 1999 | Oct 23, 1999 | 2,414 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-14871 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-11-15154 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-11-68141 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,269 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Clear ForkUPPER CLEARFORK | 2,000 | 269 |
| Clear ForkMIDDLE CLEARFORK | 2,500 | -231 |
| Clear ForkLOWER CLEARFORK | 3,000 | -731 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,756 | 1,816 | Perforated |
| — | 2,400 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 2,414 | 7.875 | — |
| 4.5 | 2,414 | — | — |
| 4.5 | — | — | — |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 7, 2022 | Feb 8, 2022 | — |
| 00 | Mar 6, 2000 | Nov 16, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Jan 5, 2000 | — | — |
| 00 | Apr 22, 1993 | Jul 7, 1960 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 7, 1960 | — |
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-415-02578 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-415-02578 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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