TEXAS · WELLS · STERLING COUNTY · API 42-431-31381 · DISTRICT 7B
Sterling M Fee #4
Sterling County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Shut In · Vertical
Sterling M Fee #4 (API 42-431-31381) is a well in Sterling County operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd., completed June 6, 2010 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 2010, permitted to 7,800 ft.
It was permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc. and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wolfcamp, Cisco, Canyon.
Its 4 leases have reported 134K barrels of oil and 696K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 18 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chevron U. S. A. 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 Dec 2019 |
| Latest permit | Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Apr 8, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 8, 2010
- last permit issued
- Jun 6, 2010
- completed
- 134K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 696K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 6, 2010
- Shut in
- Oct 1, 2019
- 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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 18 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling 'M' Fee O-10-38650 | Conger, SW (Wolfcamp) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 6 | 126K | 121K | Feb 2008 – Dec 2019 |
| Sterling "M" Fee G-10-159912 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 1 | 2.48K | 136K | Aug 1996 – Apr 2010 |
| Sterling "M" Fee O-10-24815 | Conger (Penn) | Texaco E & P Inc. | 7 | 5.81K | 438K | Jan 1993 – Jul 1998 |
| Sterling 'M' Fee O-10-57986 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 4 | 0 | 0 | Nov 2020 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
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 → Dec 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 692408-99 | Recompletion | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Mar 5, 2010 | Apr 8, 2010 | Apr 28, 2010 | 7,800 |
| 213066-99 | Drill | Texaco Inc. | Aug 31, 1983 | Sep 16, 1983 | — | 7,760 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2010 | Sterling M Fee O-10-57986 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Shut In | 7,800 |
| Oct 14, 1983 | Sterling M Fee G-10-159912 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Partial Plug · shut in Apr 1, 2010 | 7,800 |
| Jun 6, 2010 | Sterling M Fee O-10-38650 | Conger SW (Wolfcamp) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Not on Schedule | — |
| Oct 14, 1983 | Sterling M Fee O-10-24815 | Conger (Penn) | Texaco E & P Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,605 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,014 | 7,022 | Perforated |
| 7,356 | 7,382 | Perforated |
| 7,356 | 7,725 | Perforated |
| 7,406 | 7,440 | Perforated |
| 7,620 | 7,667 | Perforated |
| 7,684 | 7,725 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,000 | 11 | 1,800 S |
| 2.375 | 7,227 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 7,800 | 7.875 | 1,200 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 | Dec 2, 2022 | Aug 16, 2010 | — |
| 00 | Dec 27, 2010 | Aug 16, 2010 | — |
| 00 | Oct 28, 1996 | Sep 9, 1996 | — |
| 00 | Oct 2, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 1, 1983 | — |
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 42-431-31381 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-431-31381 → 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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