Oil and gas leases in Sterling County — page 7

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 7 of 10

FOSTER, R. T. JR. 28 — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Sterling County, 27 thousand reported
TERRY, I. W. — oil, Merit Energy Company, Sterling County, 27 thousand reported
STERLING 'X' FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 27 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -A- — gas, BFP Black Canyon, LLC, Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
MUNN — oil, Huntington Energy, L.L.C., Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
BROWNFIELD, V. — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
MARTIN — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
STERLING 'N' FEE — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
STERLING "U" FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
FOSTER — gas, Samson Resources Company, Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
STERLING "D" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
PFLUGER -A- — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 26 thousand reported
GLASS, D. L. — gas, Hunt Oil Company, Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
COPE, R.L. — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
SELLERS "60" — oil, Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc., Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 32 — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
F. CONGER 1 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
GLASS "A" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
APACHE 58 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 30 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
GLASSCOCK 'AB' FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 25 thousand reported
KOHLER-CLARK — oil, Kohler Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
GRIGSBY — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
BUNTON — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
STERLING-N-FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS -34- — gas, Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
HOPPE '63' — oil, Breitling Operating Corporation, Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
SUGG -B- — gas, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
GLASS "C" — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
KNIGHT — oil, Gco Drilling Company, Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
WILKINSON -24- — gas, Hamman Oil & Refining Company, Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
FERGUSON C — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 24 thousand reported
BROWNFIELD 14 — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
SUGG 45 — oil, Crownquest Operating, LLC, Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
ALLEN 9 — oil, Oxy USA Inc., Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
STEWART -B- — oil, Enex Resources Corporation, Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
BAILEY -12- — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
BADE "C" — oil, Stetson Petroleum Corp., Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
FOSTER "57" — gas, Collins & Ware, Inc., Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY, P. T. — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 23 thousand reported
GLASS, R.E. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
STERLING "E" FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS "34" — gas, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -B- — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
TURNER PROPERTIES-HICKS — oil, Turner, D. Ann Garrett, Est. Of, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
GLASS "K" — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 21 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
GRIGSBY, MATTIE — gas, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
WESTBROOK -32- — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY -B- — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
L. FOSTER-4- — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
PARRAMORE — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
STEWART — oil, Roca Resource Company, Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
BADE — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
STEWART -A- — oil, Enex Resources Corporation, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
STERLING "E" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
CLARK, L. T. — oil, Lee-Walker Operating, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
SELLERS -64- — oil, Cross Timbers Operating Company, Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
BAILEY -32- A — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
CONGER 5 — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 22 thousand reported
LUCKY "13" — gas, Atoka Operating Permian, LLC, Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STEWART -CD- — oil, Enex Resources Corporation, Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
BADE -B- — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
RAY "C" — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
RAY "C" — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STERLING 'Y' FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STERLING "D" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
BARBEE, E. E. — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STEWART, LERUTH — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STERLING -S- FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STERLING 'P' FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
GLASS 59 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
STRINGER, L. R. — oil, K-D Operating, Inc., Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
CLARK, L. T. — oil, Offset Oil & Gas, Sterling County, 21 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. 14 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
SUGG "C" — gas, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
CLARK, L. T., -C- — oil, Lee-Walker Operating, Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
GRIGSBY — gas, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
BAILEY -10- — gas, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
JRS — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
BARBEE, E. E. JR. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
FERGUSON C — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
STERLING 'M' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
HORWOOD — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
HORWOOD, F. L. H. — oil, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 20 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 33 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
GLASS -B- — oil, Parapetroleum, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
BROWN, PHILLIP — oil, Axis Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
GLASS -B- — oil, Parapetroleum, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
TXL — oil, Marathon Oil Company, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
STERLING-N-FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
BATJER 149 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
INTER AMERICAN OIL WORKS — oil, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
STEWART 9 — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 19 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. 23 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
COPE,R.L. — oil, Merit Energy Company, Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY, P. T. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
FOSTER — oil, Cox, John L., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
FOSTER, ROSS — oil, Cox, John L., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
REYNOLDS -2- — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
ALLEIN "A" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
RAY — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
MCENTIRE -C- — gas, Siana Oil & Gas, Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
SELLERS "65-B" — oil, Cross Timbers Operating Company, Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
SUGG D — oil, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
REED -B- — oil, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Sterling County, 18 thousand reported
STERLING "O" FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
ELLWOOD — oil, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
STERLING "I" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
STEWART — gas, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
REED -94- — oil, Cross Timbers Operating Company, Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
COPELAND,JOHN C. — oil, Edwards Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
STAR MAHAFFEY — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
BAILEY, E. L. — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
FOSTER, ROSS -B- — oil, Cox, John L., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
MCENTIRE C — oil, Strand Energy, L.C., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
MUNN — oil, Halvey Energy Co., Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
COPELAND, JOHN C. JR., ETAL — oil, Edwards Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 17 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
F. CONGER — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
BAILEY — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
COPE 28 — gas, Rover Petroleum Operating, LLC, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
PARRAMORE — oil, BVX Operating, Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
STERLING -S- FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
TERRY 16 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
REYNOLDS -3- — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
WATSON, J.E. "A" — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
GLASS — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 2 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
WELCH — oil, Axis Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
SUGG "D" — gas, Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
CLARK "A" — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
STERLING "F" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
GUNTER — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
GUNTER — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
GUNTER — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
STERLING 'J' FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
STAR MAHAFFEY — oil, Grand Banks Energy Company, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
GUNTER — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
GLASS — oil, Parapetroleum, Sterling County, 16 thousand reported
FOSTER "33" — gas, Cody Energy LLC, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
LERUTH STEWART — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
BLUE 15 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
MARGARET — oil, HMH Operators, Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
BADE -C- — oil, Cwoc, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
GLASS G — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
GLASS "I" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
SUGG "B" — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
TERRY — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
STERLING 'Y' FEE — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
CHEVRON — oil, HMH Operators, Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
PFLUGER "A" — gas, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
BYNUM, R.C. 198 — oil, Jatam Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
CALDWELL — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -A- — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
DOUBLE 7 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
STERLING Q FEE — gas, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -A- — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
CLARK — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
CALDWELL — oil, V-F Petroleum Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -A- — oil, Southland Royalty Company, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 36 — oil, Strand Energy, L.C., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
STERLING -R- FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
BAILEY -16- — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
HORWOOD "44" — oil, Mitchell Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 15 thousand reported
STERLING "F" FEE — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
SUGG "BB" — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
BATJER 149 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
FERGUSON B — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
BATJER 148 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
BROWNFIELD, V. E. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
J. E. WATSON — oil, Hunt Oil Company, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
BUNTON 37 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. 15 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
SUPERIOR-KNIGHT — oil, Koch Exploration Company, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 3A — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
TERRY, I.W. — oil, Merit Energy Company, Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
F. CONGER "6" — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
FOSTER RANCH — oil, Mulloy Operating, Inc., Sterling County, 14 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. -23- — oil, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
SUGG "B" — oil, Pure Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
MESA — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
WATSON, J. E. A — oil, Hunt Oil Company, Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
WILKINSON -24- — gas, Hamman Oil & Refining Company, Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -A- — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. -B- — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
STERLING 'AA' FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
ATECA 72 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 13 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.