TEXAS · WELLS · STERLING COUNTY · API 42-431-32501 · DISTRICT 7B
Sterling L Fee #3
Sterling County · Conger (Penn) field · Producing · Vertical
Sterling L Fee #3 (API 42-431-32501) is a permitted well in Sterling County filed by Texaco E & P Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 3, 1992, permitted to 8,090 ft.
It was permitted by Texaco E & P Inc. and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Leonard, Cisco, Canyon.
Its 2 leases have reported 34.5K barrels of oil and 1.04M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texaco E & P 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
- 383
- Phone
- (940) 397-8600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Texaco E & P Inc.Aug 3, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,090
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 3, 1992
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 34.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.04M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling 'L' Fee G-10-149778 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 1 | 0 | 347K | May 1994 – Jul 2026 |
| Sterling "L" Fee O-10-24812 | Conger (Penn) | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | 7 | 34.5K | 698K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2010 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,391 · prior 12 3,334(+2%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401755-99 | Drill | Texaco E & P Inc. | Jul 29, 1992 | Aug 3, 1992 | Sep 20, 1992 | 8,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sterling L Fee G-10-149778 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Producing | 8,090 |
| Oct 21, 1992 | Sterling L Fee O-10-24812 | Conger (Penn) | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,578 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,328 | 7,537 | Perforated |
| 7,675 | 7,990 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,000 | 11 | 1,250 S |
| 4.5 | 8,090 | 7.875 | 1,950 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 14, 1994 | Jun 13, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Jul 13, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Dec 21, 1992 | Nov 24, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 3, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-431-32501 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-431-32501 → 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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