Oil and gas leases in Sterling County — page 2

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 2 of 10

GLASS, R. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 341 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 29 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 341 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 28 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 341 thousand reported
MERCER-B- — oil, Laredo Petroleum - Dallas, Inc., Sterling County, 341 thousand reported
WILKINSON — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 340 thousand reported
SUGG "F" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 339 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 338 thousand reported
CALDWELL -26- — gas, Hamman Oil & Refining Company, Sterling County, 337 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 4 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 336 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 15 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 336 thousand reported
STERLING "E" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 334 thousand reported
STERLING 'Y' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 334 thousand reported
F. CONGER 7 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 334 thousand reported
BARBEE, E. E. — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 334 thousand reported
STERLING "T" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 334 thousand reported
PRICE 18 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 332 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 28 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 331 thousand reported
MC ENTIRE 27 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 331 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 22 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 330 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 32 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 330 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. T. 17 — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 328 thousand reported
F. CONGER 6 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 325 thousand reported
DOOLEY — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 324 thousand reported
STERLING "F" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 323 thousand reported
BROWNFIELD, V. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 323 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 33 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 323 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 322 thousand reported
PRICE 17 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 322 thousand reported
GLASS "A" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 322 thousand reported
STERLING "J" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 321 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 22 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 321 thousand reported
GRIGSBY — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 321 thousand reported
GLASS "F" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 320 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROS -34- — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 320 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 22 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 318 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 318 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS "34" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 317 thousand reported
RT FOSTER 10 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 316 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 21 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 315 thousand reported
F. CONGER 7 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 313 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 313 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. -23- — oil, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Sterling County, 312 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 312 thousand reported
GLASS, R. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 312 thousand reported
SUGG "F" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 311 thousand reported
PFLUGER "A" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 310 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS "30" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 309 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 15 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 308 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 305 thousand reported
FOSTER — gas, Samson Resources Company, Sterling County, 305 thousand reported
GLASS — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 304 thousand reported
FERGUSON "B" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 304 thousand reported
S. MCENTIRE 23 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 303 thousand reported
F. CONGER 1 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 302 thousand reported
STERLING "E" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 302 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 33 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 301 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. T. 20 — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 300 thousand reported
ALLEIN — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 299 thousand reported
STERLING 'Y' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 298 thousand reported
STERLING "E" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 298 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 27 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 297 thousand reported
STERLING 'X' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 297 thousand reported
STERLING 'T' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 297 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. "B" — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 295 thousand reported
TERRY 18 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 294 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROS. -34- — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 294 thousand reported
BROWNFIELD, V. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 292 thousand reported
PFLUGER "A" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 292 thousand reported
STERLING 'Q' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 291 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 5 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 290 thousand reported
BADE — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 289 thousand reported
STERLING 'T' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 288 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY -A- — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 288 thousand reported
SUGG "A" — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 288 thousand reported
GLASS "F" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 287 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 27 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 287 thousand reported
COPE-ANDREWS UNIT — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 285 thousand reported
CONGER 5 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 285 thousand reported
CARPER 12 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 284 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROS. -34- — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 284 thousand reported
FOSTER CONGER — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 283 thousand reported
MARTIN — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 283 thousand reported
GLASS — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 282 thousand reported
TERRY — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 282 thousand reported
COPE-ANDREWS UNIT — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 281 thousand reported
PRICE 7 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 281 thousand reported
GLASS, R. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 281 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 281 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 2 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 280 thousand reported
WILKINSON "2" — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 279 thousand reported
F. CONGER 19 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 279 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 33 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 278 thousand reported
WILKINSON 10 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 278 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. 15 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 278 thousand reported
BADE — gas, Blackmun Family Partners, L.P., Sterling County, 275 thousand reported
STERLING 'X' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 273 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 28 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 272 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 272 thousand reported
WILKINSON 3 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 272 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 271 thousand reported
WILKINSON — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 270 thousand reported
BADE A — gas, Bennett, R. C., Company, Sterling County, 269 thousand reported
F. CONGER 1 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 269 thousand reported
COUNCIL — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 269 thousand reported
CARPER 12 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 269 thousand reported
F. CONGER 6 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 268 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 268 thousand reported
STERLING 'K' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 267 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. T. JR. 28 — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Sterling County, 267 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 29 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 266 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 29 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 265 thousand reported
BARBEE "B" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 265 thousand reported
STERLING 'L' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 264 thousand reported
BADE "B" — gas, Bennett, R. C., Company, Sterling County, 264 thousand reported
STEWART — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 264 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 264 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 4 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 264 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. "B" — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 262 thousand reported
STERLING "E" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 261 thousand reported
STERLING 'K' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 261 thousand reported
RW FOSTER 17 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 261 thousand reported
F. CONGER 19 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 260 thousand reported
SUGG "D" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 260 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 33 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 259 thousand reported
STERLING -U- FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 259 thousand reported
FERGUSON B — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 258 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 258 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 258 thousand reported
RAY B — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 257 thousand reported
F. CONGER — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 256 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. T. JR. 28 — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Sterling County, 256 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY, P.T. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 255 thousand reported
GLASSCOCK 'AB' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 255 thousand reported
STERLING "J" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 255 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 28 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 254 thousand reported
FERGUSON C — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 254 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 251 thousand reported
STERLING 'X' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 250 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. T. 17 — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 250 thousand reported
STEWART — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 249 thousand reported
STEWART, LERUTH — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 248 thousand reported
PRICE 17 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 248 thousand reported
SUGG "D" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 246 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 246 thousand reported
CARPER 12 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 244 thousand reported
GLASS, D. L. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 244 thousand reported
SUGG "E" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 244 thousand reported
GLASS, R. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 244 thousand reported
RT FOSTER 11 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 244 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 243 thousand reported
SUGG "C" — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 243 thousand reported
RW FOSTER 16 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 241 thousand reported
RW FOSTER 16 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 241 thousand reported
WILKINSON 12 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 241 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 28 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 240 thousand reported
SUGG "F" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 239 thousand reported
SUGG "D" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 239 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 28 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 239 thousand reported
STERLING 'F' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 239 thousand reported
GLASS "A" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 239 thousand reported
RW FOSTER 17 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 239 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 23 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 238 thousand reported
BARBEE, E. E. JR. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 236 thousand reported
VIRGINIA CITY COLE — oil, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Sterling County, 235 thousand reported
TERRY, I. W. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 235 thousand reported
STERLING "T" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 234 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 32 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 233 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 232 thousand reported
FLINT -B- — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 232 thousand reported
F. CONGER 19 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 232 thousand reported
TERRY, I. W. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 232 thousand reported
GLASS — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 231 thousand reported
SUGG "F" — gas, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 229 thousand reported
GLASS, R. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 228 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 228 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 21 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 228 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 28 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 228 thousand reported
BADE -A- — oil, Hrubetz Operating Company, Sterling County, 227 thousand reported
BADE -B- — gas, Bennett, R. C., Company, Sterling County, 227 thousand reported
F. CONGER 7 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 227 thousand reported
BARBEE, B.H. JR. '52' — oil, Burleson Petroleum, Inc., Sterling County, 227 thousand reported
WILKINSON 9 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 227 thousand reported
FOSTER 60 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 226 thousand reported
WILKINSON 3 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 226 thousand reported
STERLING "M" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 226 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. "B" — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 225 thousand reported
STERLING -R- FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 225 thousand reported
BROWNFIELD, V. E. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 224 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 224 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 224 thousand reported
STERLING 'W' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 224 thousand reported
CR FOSTER 9 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 223 thousand reported
STERLING 'X' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 223 thousand reported
STERLING "T" FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 223 thousand reported
TERRY 17 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 222 thousand reported
CALDWELL -26- — gas, Hamman Oil & Refining Company, Sterling County, 222 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 222 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -B- — gas, BFP Black Canyon, LLC, Sterling County, 222 thousand reported
GLASS "A" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 222 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 221 thousand 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.