Oil and gas leases in Sterling County — page 10

Sterling County, Texas has 1,824 oil and gas leases with production on file at the Railroad Commission. 706 of them are oil leases and 1,118 are gas leases. Between them they carry 4,433 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 35.0 million barrels of oil and 211.7 million Mcf of gas. 156 operators file returns here. Every lease below has its own page with a decline-curve forecast and an estimate of what the whole lease is worth.

Key facts about Sterling County

How many oil and gas leases are in Sterling County?
Sterling County has 1,824 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
How much oil and gas has Sterling County produced?
Leases in Sterling County have reported 35,015,684 barrels of oil (bbl) and 211,725,043 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
How many operators are active in Sterling County?
156 operators file production returns for leases in Sterling County.
How much are mineral rights in Sterling County worth?
There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Sterling County is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 1,824 leases listed here has its own page with the full production history the operator reported, a decline-curve forecast, and an estimate of what a royalty interest in it is worth today.

Leases — page 10 of 10

  • REED — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 164 reported
  • CARPER 12 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 156 reported
  • SUGG -B- — gas, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 143 reported
  • HUMBLE — oil, Wigington, James Robert, Sterling County, 131 reported
  • FERGUSON D — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 119 reported
  • REYNOLDS 4 — oil, Lomak Production Company, Sterling County, 114 reported
  • TERRY, I.W. — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 108 reported
  • TERRY -17- "A" — oil, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 87 reported
  • REYNOLDS 3 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 76 reported
  • KNIGHT-142 — oil, Jatam Inc., Sterling County, 69 reported
  • ATECA 55 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 69 reported
  • FOSTER, R. T. JR. 28 — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Sterling County, 67 reported
  • BAILEY 12 — oil, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 65 reported
  • BADE "A" — oil, Bennett, R. C., Company, Sterling County, 46 reported
  • WILLIAMS — oil, Samson Lone Star, LLC, Sterling County, 41 reported
  • HUMBLE — oil, Offset Oil & Gas, Sterling County, 36 reported
  • HICKS ECT - KNIGHT — oil, Jatam Inc., Sterling County, 29 reported
  • MAHAFFEY, A. "B" — gas, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 22 reported
  • BYNUM JBI — oil, Jatam Inc., Sterling County, 16 reported
  • WILLIAM L. FOSTER II — oil, Thoroughgood Operating Company, Sterling County, 6 reported
  • BARBEE, B. H. JR. '52' — oil, Burleson Petroleum, Inc., Sterling County, 6 reported
  • FOSTER -18- — oil, Ricks Exploration, Inc., Sterling County, 4 reported
  • TERRY 18 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 3 reported
  • CONGER — oil, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., Sterling County, 2 reported

Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. Values shown on lease pages are estimates produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; they are not offers or appraisals.