TEXAS · WELLS · STERLING COUNTY · API 42-431-30579 · DISTRICT 7B
Sterling I Fee #3
Sterling County · Conger (Penn) field · Producing · Vertical
Sterling I Fee #3 (API 42-431-30579) is a permitted well in Sterling County filed by Texaco Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 1977, permitted to 8,121 ft.
It was permitted by Texaco Inc. and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 38.3K barrels of oil and 2.18M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 17 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texaco Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Wichita Falls, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 4, 2025
- Permits on file
- 384
- Phone
- (940) 397-8600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Texaco Inc.Jun 13, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,121
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 13, 1977
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 38.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.18M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 17 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling "I" Fee G-10-148882 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 1 | 2.44K | 228K | Mar 1994 – Apr 2026 |
| Sterling "I" Fee O-10-24809 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 16 | 35.9K | 1.95M | Jan 1993 – Jan 2022 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,379 · prior 12 788(+75%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → May 2002
- 2Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jun 2002 → Jul 2021
- 3Slant Operating, LLCAug 2021 → Dec 2021
- 4Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Jan 2022 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 596-99 | Drill | Texaco Inc. | Jun 13, 1977 | Jun 13, 1977 | — | 8,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sterling I Fee G-10-148882 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Producing | 8,121 |
| Jan 1, 1978 | Sterling I Fee O-10-24809 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Not on Schedule | — |
| — | Sterling I Fee O-10-24354 | Big Salute (Canyon) | Texaco Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,639 | 8,116 | Perforated |
| — | 7,739 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,000 | 11 | 1,200 S |
| 5.5 | 8,121 | 7.875 | 1,500 S |
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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 24, 1994 | Apr 1, 1994 | — |
| 00 | May 3, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 16, 1977 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-431-30579 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-431-30579 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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