STERLING, W. R.
STERLING, W. R. is a Texas oil lease in Scurry County, Railroad Commission district 8A, operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. It has 32 wellbores on file with the Commission. Reported production runs from January 1993 to August 2026, totalling 1,599,086 barrels. The lease is currently producing. Fitting a decline curve to that history and pricing the remaining production at today's forward curve values the whole lease — a 100% undivided interest — at about $6.6M, with roughly $1.5M expected over the next twelve months. An individual royalty owner receives their own decimal interest times that figure. Over the last twelve months on file it averaged 2,236 barrels a month, about 70 per wellbore. Its strongest month on the record we hold was May 2017, at 3,371 barrels. In our own backtest, leases producing at this rate are forecast to within about 17% of what they went on to produce, and that measured error is the range shown on the page rather than a confidence of our own devising.
Key facts about STERLING, W. R.
- Who operates STERLING, W. R.?
- STERLING, W. R. is operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Railroad Commission of Texas operator number 020572.
- Where is STERLING, W. R.?
- STERLING, W. R. is a Texas oil lease in Scurry County, Texas, in Railroad Commission district 8A. Its Railroad Commission lease number is 05625.
- Is STERLING, W. R. still producing?
- STERLING, W. R. is currently producing. The most recent month of production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for STERLING, W. R. is August 2026.
- How much has STERLING, W. R. produced?
- STERLING, W. R. has reported 1,599,086 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026, from 32 wellbores.
- How much is STERLING, W. R. worth?
- The remaining production from STERLING, W. R. is estimated to be worth about $6.6M in total as of 27 August 2026, within a range of $5.5M to $7.7M. That figure is the whole lease, undivided — not any one owner's share. A royalty interest in STERLING, W. R. is a fraction of it. The estimate fits an Arps decline curve to the production STERLING, W. R. has already reported, prices the remaining production at the current forward strip, and discounts it at 12% a year. The figure shown for STERLING, W. R. is an estimate of value, not an offer and not an appraisal.
- How much income does STERLING, W. R. generate in a year?
- STERLING, W. R. is forecast to net about $1.5M across the whole undivided lease over the twelve months following 27 August 2026, before income tax. A royalty owner in STERLING, W. R. receives a fraction of that, set by the decimal interest printed on their check stub.
Lease record
| Operator | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
|---|---|
| Field | Sharon Ridge (Clear Fork) |
| County | Scurry County, Texas |
| RRC district | 8A |
| Lease number | 05625 |
| Wellbores | 32 |
| Reported production | 1,599,086 bbl |
| First reported | |
| Last reported | |
| Estimated royalty value | $6.6M |
Where STERLING, W. R. sits
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas lease production records, complete through . Figures on this page were computed on .
Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. The value shown is an estimate produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; it is not an offer or an appraisal. How this estimate is calculated.