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Sterling J Fee #9

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Sterling County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing  · Vertical

Sterling J Fee #9 (API 42-431-31733) is a well in Sterling County operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd., completed February 2, 2012 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1985 and 2010, permitted to 7,960 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 2 formation tops, including Wolfcamp, Conger Ss.

Its 4 leases have reported 99.4K barrels of oil and 1.46M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 24 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.

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 scheduleBurk Royalty Co. Ltd.
Production reportsBurk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitChevron U. S. A. Inc.Aug 10, 2010

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,960
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Aug 10, 2010
last permit issued
Feb 2, 2012
completed
99.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.46M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 2, 2012
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 24 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Sterling "J" Fee G-10-151376Conger (Penn)Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.10196KAug 1994 – Jul 2026
Sterling "J" Fee O-10-24810Conger (Penn)Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.1336.4K1.1MJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Sterling 'J' Fee O-10-38565Conger, SW (Wolfcamp)Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.547.7K117KNov 2007 – Jul 2026
Sterling 'J' Fee O-10-57983Spraberry (Trend Area)Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.515.3K45.9KNov 2020 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 4,096 · prior 12 5,918(-31%)

05001K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 24,827 · prior 12 13,853(+79%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → May 2002
  2. 2Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jun 2002 → Jul 2021
  3. 3Slant Operating, LLCAug 2021 → Dec 2021
  4. 4Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Jan 2022 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
698721-99RecompletionChevron U. S. A. Inc.Jul 8, 2010Aug 10, 2010Feb 1, 20117,960
286091-99DrillTexaco Inc.Aug 8, 1985Sep 17, 1985—7,960

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 2, 2012Sterling J Fee O-10-57983Spraberry (Trend Area)Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.Producing7,960
—Sterling J Fee G-10-151376Conger (Penn)Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.Partial Plug · shut in Jan 1, 20127,960
Feb 2, 2012Sterling J Fee O-10-38565Conger SW (Wolfcamp)Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.Not on Schedule—
Oct 18, 1985Sterling J Fee O-10-24810Conger (Penn)Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.Not on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,620 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WolfcampWOLFCAMP LM7,370-4,750
WolfcampWOLFCAMP SS7,450-4,830
Conger SS7,750-5,130

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,2506,486Perforated
6,5606,700Perforated
6,7866,934Perforated
7,4907,494Perforated
7,4907,562Perforated
7,5007,562Perforated
7,7347,749Perforated
7,7877,901Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,000111,650 S
5.57,9607.8752,150 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Dec 2, 2022Jul 3, 2012—
00Jun 17, 2013Jul 3, 2012—
00Dec 6, 1994Sep 29, 1994—
00Oct 26, 1994——
00Dec 18, 1985Nov 26, 1985Yes
00Dec 10, 1985——

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.

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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