Oil and gas leases in Sterling County — page 8

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 8 of 10

KOHLER-CLARK — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 13 thousand reported
STERLING "G" FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
DAVIS "20" — oil, Caraway Operating Co., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
STERLING 'AA' FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 34 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
BAILEY "W" — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
COPELAND — oil, Axis Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
REYNOLDS -2- — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. T. JR. 28 — oil, Legacy Reserves Operating LP, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
BATJER 148 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
GLASS, D. L. — oil, Rme Petroleum Company, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
CONGER, F. 7 — gas, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY, P.T. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY -A- — oil, Grand Banks Energy Company, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
SPADE RANCH — oil, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
RAY "B" — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
BADE, SARA, ESTATE — oil, HMH Operators, Inc., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
GLASS F — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
GLASS "B" — gas, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
COPELAND "B" — oil, Axis Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
BADE — oil, Bennett, R. C., Company, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
GLASS "C" — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
FOSTER -10- — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
FOSTER-ROSE — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 16 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
STERLING "G" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
SUGG -BB- — gas, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 12 thousand reported
KNIGHT 142 — gas, Jatam Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
FOSTER 76 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
GLASS — oil, Ip Petroleum Company, Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
WILKINSON -24- — gas, Hamman Oil & Refining Company, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
SELLERS 67 — oil, Ampak Oil Company, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
SELLERS "63" — oil, Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 5 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 33 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
PNR HARRIS HEIRS "88" — oil, Exco Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
LITTLE BLUE 58 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
GLASS "C" — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
BARBEE, E.E., JR. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 21 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
HILDEBRAND — oil, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
SUGG "AA" — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
KOHLER-FOSTER — oil, Kohler Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
LIVELY-KNIGHT "74" — oil, Koch Exploration Company, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
JATAM, INC. KNIGHT - 117 — oil, Tpet, Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
COPE, E. B. "B" — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 36 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
JATAM, INC. KNIGHT-142 — oil, Tpet, Inc., Sterling County, 11 thousand reported
DAVIS 2 — oil, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
CONGER — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
STERLING "D" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
MCENTIRE D — oil, Strand Energy, L.C., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
ST OF TX — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
BRICE "48" — gas, Mcshane, J. Inc., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
GLASS "J" — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
GLASS — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
RT FOSTER 10 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
WATSON, J. E. "A" — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
STERLING "K" FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
JOHNSON — gas, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
SUGG — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
CALDWELL 8 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 10 thousand reported
CLARK, L.T. -C- — oil, Offset Oil & Gas, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
STERLING "D" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
STERLING 'Z' FEE — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 26 — gas, Siana Oil & Gas, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
TERRY — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
MCGILL — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
KNIGHT, W. T. "142" — oil, Hillin-Simon Oil Company, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
STERLING "J" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
FOSTER-ROSE — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
BAILEY -32- — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
REYNOLDS -2- — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
COPELAND, JOHN JR. — oil, Sterling General P/Ship #1, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
FLINT ESTATE -B- — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 36 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
COUNCIL — oil, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
FERGUSON -18- — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
MCENTIRE A — oil, Strand Energy, L.C., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
WELCH -168- — oil, Gco Drilling Company, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
BUNTON 37 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
STERLING Q FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
FLINT — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
JOHNSON "E" — oil, 4d Energy Co., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
TERRY, I. W. — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
HORWOOD — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
MCENTIRE -C- — oil, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
BADE -A- — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 9 thousand reported
KOHLER-TERRY — oil, Kohler Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
KNIGHT, W. T. — oil, Tpet, Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
FOSTER CONGER 30 — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
BADE — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 8 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
REYNOLDS — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
FOSTER CONGER — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
STERLING 'S' FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
WIGGINS-KNIGHT 116 — oil, Tpet, Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
L. FOSTER -5- — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
STERLING "H" FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
FLINT "A" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
REYNOLDS -2- — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
BARBEE, B. H. JR. '52' — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY — oil, Grand Banks Energy Company, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
FLINT -B- — oil, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
BADE — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
STERLING 'I' FEE — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 33 — gas, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
FOSTER 60 — oil, Kek Exploration LLC, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
KNIGHT -G- — oil, Turner, D. Ann Garrett, Est. Of, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
STERLING "D" FEE — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
COPELAND "81" — oil, Hillin-Simon Oil Company, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
KOHLER-FOSTER — oil, Kohler Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 8 thousand reported
GUNTER "25" — gas, Cody Energy LLC, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
MUNN — oil, Axis Energy Corporation, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
REED '227' — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
MCENTIRE 33 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
WESTBROOK -5- — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
FOSTER "57" — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
ATECA 54 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
COPELAND — oil, Double Diamond Petroleum, Inc., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
COPE, R. L. — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
KENTUCKY 2015 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
BAILEY — oil, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
STERLING "K" FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
COPELAND, JOHN JR., "C" — oil, Sterling General P/Ship #4&5, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
HUNTER TRUST — oil, Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
SUGG 27 — oil, Crownquest Operating, LLC, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
W. E. ALLEN — oil, Vision Natural Resources, LP, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
FOSTER 14 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
REYNOLDS — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
GLASS — oil, King Energy Resources, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
CHEVRON — gas, Trek Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
BADE -A- — oil, Stetson Petroleum Corp., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
PFLUGER "A" — gas, Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
FOSTER, ROSS — gas, JM Cox Resources, L.P., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
INTER AMERICAN OIL WORKS — oil, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
TERRY, I.W. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
FOSTER — oil, Pitts Energy Co., Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
SUGG RANCH 18 — oil, Crownquest Operating, LLC, Sterling County, 7 thousand reported
FLINT — oil, Tempo Energy, Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
DOOLEY "A" — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
STERLING 'AA' FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FOSTER CONGER — oil, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 28 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
CONGER — gas, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY -B- — gas, Eqt Production Texas, LLC, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
BARBEE — oil, Henry Petroleum LP, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
WESTBROOK, F. 22 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
SELLERS, BUZZ — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
COPE-SEALE UNIT — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
WILKINSON 9 — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
MCENTIRE -C- — gas, Siana Oil & Gas, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
REED, W. N. — oil, Paloma Exploration Co., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
WESTBROOK — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
ELLWOOD RANCH -4118- — oil, F Y B Investments, Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
WESTBROOK 8 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
GILLASPY "D" — oil, 4d Energy Co., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
BAILEY -10- — oil, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
STERLING "M" FEE — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
TURNER PROPERTIES-COPELAND — oil, Turner, D. Ann Garrett, Est. Of, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FOSTER "57" — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
JOHNSON "B" — oil, Hicks, Robert F., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
CALDWELL 8 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
BADE "B" — oil, Bennett, R. C., Company, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FLINT — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
BADE -B- — oil, Stetson Petroleum Corp., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
PFLUGER -A- — gas, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FOSTER, R. W. 16 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
COPELAND, JOHN JR., "D" — oil, Sterling General P/Ship #4&5, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
BAILEY, HANNAH B. — oil, Grand Banks Energy Company, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FLINT — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
MC ENTIRE -A- — oil, Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
MAHAFFEY — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
BAILEY — oil, Stanolind Production LLC, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS — gas, Independence Resources MGMT, LLC, Sterling County, 6 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 3 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 32 — oil, Range Production Company, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
HORWOOD — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
REYNOLDS 3A — gas, Slant Operating, LLC, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
REYNOLDS -3- — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
COPE, R.L. — oil, Merit Energy Company, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
STERLING 'R' FEE — oil, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
PARRAMORE — oil, Viola Prod., Inc., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
CONGER 5 — gas, American Cometra, Inc., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
SUGG "B" — gas, Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
JOHNSON "C" — oil, 4d Energy Co., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
STERLING 'U' FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
MCENTIRE -18- — oil, Atropos Production Corporation, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
FERGUSON BROTHERS -34- — gas, Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
GLASS "I" — gas, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
STERLING -R- FEE — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
BADE — gas, Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
TERRY 17 -A- — oil, Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
BLUE 15 — oil, Bright & Co., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
JOHNSON "D" — oil, 4d Energy Co., Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
HOPPE SELLERS — oil, Saga Petroleum LLC Of Colorado, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
COLE — oil, Steller Energy & Investment Corp, Sterling County, 5 thousand reported
COLLINS, CLAUDE JR. ESTATE — oil, Thoroughgood Operating Company, Sterling County, 5 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.