STERLING "H" FEE

Name: STERLING "H" FEE lease production and value, Mar 1994 onwards
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
License: https://www.rrc.texas.gov/site-policies/

Operated by CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. (P-5 148113) in the CONGER (PENN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 148878District 08Field 20097700CondensateGasSave Export

Value, all time

$543 k

Mar 1994 – Mar 2014

Value, last 12 filed months

$8 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

241

no gaps in the span

Streams

condensate, gas

The CONGER (PENN) field

The Railroad Commission's own record for the field this lease produces from, including the spacing rule that governs how close together its wells may be drilled.

These are facts about the field, not about this lease. The field holds 1,011 leases and 1,988 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered

1978-01-01

as the register files it

Field class

Oil and gas

the register's own label

Between wells

933 ft

minimum

From a lease line

660 ft

minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 40 acres. The field rule took effect on 1985-04-29.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: “OPTIONAL 40ACRE UNIT DIAG. 2100 PER #8-84810”

What this lease produced, and what it was worth

Oil and condensate are valued on the volume the state records as disposed of; gas and casinghead gas on the volume produced. They are different columns of different files, and the difference is not cosmetic.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Condensate	Disposition	4,802 bbl	$124,800
Gas	Production	124,257 Mcf	$417,862
Total			$542,662

31,751 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 34 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Wells on this lease (1)

Every wellbore the Railroad Commission records against this lease key, with the depth, the last completion and the plug date exactly as filed. A well with no plug date is not stated to be producing — the state files no such flag.

These wells centre on 31.7451, -101.2207. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.74515, -101.22072 · centre of the wells drawn, derived⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

What these wells add up to

Every figure below is counted over all of this lease's wells, not over the rows listed above. The Railroad Commission files two facts about a well's state — a plug date and a proration-schedule flag — and a well can carry both, so they are published as separate counts and never merged into a status.

On the schedule

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

With a plug date

100.0%

1 of 1 wells

Median depth

8,200 ft

1 wells filed one

Completion to plug

9.3 years

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

1100.0%

A plug date is filed

1100.0%

BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.

1100.0%

NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.

00.0%

A plug date is the date the Commission recorded the wellbore as sealed with cement and abandoned. It is the only end-of-life fact Texas files. There is no "active" flag on a well, so this page does not print one — a well with no plug date is not stated to be producing.

How deep they were drilled

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 8,200 ft.

Completions filed

Mar 2014

1 of 1 wells

Plug dates filed

Jun 2023

1 of 1 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 9.3 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 9.3 years and 9.3 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

1 well


42-43131673	10	8,200 ft	Mar 2014	Jun 2023	Yes

The API number is the state's, prefixed 42 for Texas. A well is matched to this lease by the lease key the Commission files on the wellbore record, so a well that has moved between leases appears under each one it was filed against.

Every month this lease reported (241)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

241 months


Mar 2014	0	0	95.89	5.06	$0
Feb 2014	0	123	97.40	6.19	$762
Jan 2014	0	136	90.40	4.86	$661
Dec 2013	0	157	91.82	4.35	$684
Nov 2013	0	171	88.85	3.74	$639
Oct 2013	0	225	97.42	3.78	$850
Sep 2013	0	149	104.11	3.72	$554
Aug 2013	0	200	104.25	3.52	$705
Jul 2013	0	254	102.52	3.72	$944
Jun 2013	0	241	94.40	3.93	$948
May 2013	0	158	94.83	4.15	$656
Apr 2013	0	193	93.96	4.28	$827
Mar 2013	0	174	93.62	3.91	$681
Feb 2013	0	143	91.23	3.42	$489
Jan 2013	0	212	91.60	3.42	$725
Dec 2012	0	220	86.77	3.42	$752
Nov 2012	0	207	86.95	3.62	$750
Oct 2012	0	215	89.38	3.40	$731
Sep 2012	0	217	94.67	2.92	$633
Aug 2012	0	225	92.66	2.91	$654
Jul 2012	0	236	85.13	3.02	$713
Jun 2012	0	228	79.82	2.52	$574
May 2012	0	256	91.61	2.49	$637
Apr 2012	0	250	101.65	2.00	$499
Mar 2012	0	270	105.05	2.22	$600
Feb 2012	0	243	101.10	2.57	$625
Jan 2012	0	240	98.09	2.73	$656
Dec 2011	0	246	96.87	3.24	$797
Nov 2011	0	264	95.72	3.31	$874
Oct 2011	0	283	84.98	3.65	$1,033
Sep 2011	0	247	83.62	3.99	$984
Aug 2011	0	281	83.40	4.15	$1,166
Jul 2011	0	241	94.14	4.52	$1,089
Jun 2011	0	256	92.90	4.64	$1,188
May 2011	0	129	98.13	4.40	$568
Apr 2011	0	93	105.96	4.33	$403
Mar 2011	0	125	96.36	4.06	$507
Feb 2011	0	118	85.64	4.18	$493
Jan 2011	0	247	86.50	4.59	$1,133
Dec 2010	0	402	85.73	4.35	$1,748
Nov 2010	0	408	80.84	3.80	$1,548
Oct 2010	0	312	78.10	3.51	$1,095
Sep 2010	0	335	72.63	3.98	$1,333
Aug 2010	0	377	73.68	4.42	$1,666
Jul 2010	0	258	72.55	4.74	$1,222
Jun 2010	0	14	70.36	4.91	$69
May 2010	0	0	71.12	4.24	$0
Apr 2010	0	0	81.69	4.12	$0
Mar 2010	0	151	78.39	4.39	$663
Feb 2010	0	214	73.58	5.44	$1,165
Jan 2010	0	254	74.36	5.96	$1,515
Dec 2009	0	249	71.44	5.48	$1,365
Nov 2009	0	292	74.59	3.75	$1,095
Oct 2009	0	195	72.54	4.11	$802
Sep 2009	0	266	65.54	3.06	$815
Aug 2009	0	263	67.42	3.22	$846
Jul 2009	0	226	61.13	3.46	$783
Jun 2009	0	214	66.16	3.90	$834
May 2009	0	217	54.74	3.93	$852
Apr 2009	0	208	46.77	3.59	$746
Mar 2009	0	236	42.14	4.06	$958
Feb 2009	0	186	32.81	4.63	$862
Jan 2009	0	266	35.86	5.37	$1,429
Dec 2008	0	301	37.10	5.98	$1,799
Nov 2008	0	251	55.49	6.86	$1,722
Oct 2008	0	272	75.24	6.92	$1,883
Sep 2008	0	256	101.76	7.88	$2,017
Aug 2008	0	299	114.22	8.48	$2,536
Jul 2008	0	375	131.08	11.39	$4,271
Jun 2008	0	228	131.33	13.03	$2,971
May 2008	0	254	123.17	11.57	$2,940
Apr 2008	0	217	110.31	10.45	$2,269
Mar 2008	0	219	101.90	9.66	$2,116
Feb 2008	0	348	92.53	8.77	$3,052
Jan 2008	0	380	90.38	8.21	$3,118
Dec 2007	0	435	88.33	7.30	$3,176
Nov 2007	2	380	91.67	7.29	$2,954
Oct 2007	1	364	82.85	6.92	$2,602
Sep 2007	3	361	75.84	6.24	$2,482
Aug 2007	4	370	69.06	6.39	$2,640
Jul 2007	4	475	70.90	6.39	$3,318
Jun 2007	4	421	62.00	7.55	$3,426
May 2007	5	383	58.74	7.85	$3,299
Apr 2007	7	292	59.61	7.81	$2,696
Mar 2007	5	316	56.92	7.30	$2,592
Feb 2007	7	404	55.10	8.22	$3,705
Jan 2007	7	370	50.30	6.73	$2,841
Dec 2006	8	421	56.65	6.92	$3,366
Nov 2006	0	368	54.20	7.62	$2,803
Oct 2006	1	282	54.90	6.01	$1,751
Sep 2006	3	320	60.08	5.04	$1,792
Aug 2006	6	344	68.71	7.34	$2,937
Jul 2006	4	365	69.37	6.34	$2,593
Jun 2006	6	368	66.28	6.38	$2,747
May 2006	5	375	66.01	6.42	$2,739
Apr 2006	6	376	64.39	7.36	$3,154
Mar 2006	6	391	56.70	7.08	$3,110
Feb 2006	8	336	57.59	7.75	$3,065
Jan 2006	9	375	60.59	8.93	$3,895
Dec 2005	11	375	54.94	13.42	$5,635
Nov 2005	6	352	54.69	10.59	$4,055
Oct 2005	11	368	58.34	13.80	$5,719
Sep 2005	2	364	61.45	12.08	$4,520
Aug 2005	7	378	61.51	9.80	$4,134
Jul 2005	5	406	55.69	7.84	$3,463
Jun 2005	6	369	52.33	7.38	$3,038
May 2005	12	344	45.22	6.65	$2,831
Apr 2005	29	331	49.20	7.36	$3,863
Mar 2005	29	375	50.37	7.15	$4,144
Feb 2005	14	470	45.22	6.31	$3,600
Jan 2005	31	553	43.16	6.32	$4,834
Dec 2004	30	591	39.86	6.75	$5,186
Nov 2004	44	552	45.28	6.33	$5,487
Oct 2004	31	552	49.70	6.52	$5,137
Sep 2004	43	537	43.24	5.28	$4,697
Aug 2004	56	494	42.37	5.55	$5,115
Jul 2004	68	498	38.28	6.08	$5,633
Jun 2004	58	449	36.10	6.43	$4,982
May 2004	70	538	37.48	6.49	$6,118
Apr 2004	61	550	34.47	5.86	$5,325
Mar 2004	65	578	34.36	5.53	$5,430
Feb 2004	52	504	32.45	5.51	$4,464
Jan 2004	47	542	32.03	6.30	$4,920
Dec 2003	53	545	30.26	6.30	$5,038
Nov 2003	51	548	28.80	4.60	$3,987
Oct 2003	52	550	28.17	4.76	$4,083
Sep 2003	54	582	26.31	4.75	$4,185
Aug 2003	50	600	29.76	5.13	$4,566
Jul 2003	46	610	29.41	5.17	$4,507
Jun 2003	40	598	28.56	5.98	$4,720
May 2003	41	626	26.59	5.97	$4,829
Apr 2003	49	636	26.67	5.41	$4,746
Mar 2003	71	631	31.14	6.10	$6,058
Feb 2003	45	593	33.48	7.93	$6,207
Jan 2003	38	599	30.31	5.58	$4,495
Dec 2002	32	592	26.91	4.85	$3,735
Nov 2002	27	595	24.66	4.14	$3,127
Oct 2002	53	584	26.46	4.23	$3,872
Sep 2002	81	555	27.44	3.64	$4,240
Aug 2002	56	588	25.96	3.16	$3,314
Jul 2002	42	532	24.58	3.06	$2,661
Jun 2002	32	482	23.73	3.34	$2,368
May 2002	35	524	24.66	3.58	$2,741
Apr 2002	24	568	23.65	3.51	$2,563
Mar 2002	31	576	22.00	3.10	$2,469
Feb 2002	15	466	18.22	2.38	$1,380
Jan 2002	12	533	17.17	2.38	$1,472
Dec 2001	18	511	16.93	2.36	$1,513
Nov 2001	42	552	18.07	2.41	$2,087
Oct 2001	91	660	19.78	2.53	$3,469
Sep 2001	61	647	24.26	2.25	$2,936
Aug 2001	24	678	24.87	3.05	$2,667
Jul 2001	24	688	23.93	3.20	$2,774
Jun 2001	23	672	24.56	3.82	$3,135
May 2001	29	744	25.52	4.31	$3,945
Apr 2001	24	725	24.68	5.34	$4,460
Mar 2001	15	716	24.54	5.38	$4,218
Feb 2001	9	598	27.75	5.77	$3,698
Jan 2001	10	668	27.47	8.40	$5,885
Dec 2000	36	610	26.88	9.12	$6,532
Nov 2000	54	622	32.21	5.66	$5,259
Oct 2000	54	633	31.23	5.15	$4,944
Sep 2000	37	652	31.87	5.19	$4,561
Aug 2000	64	693	29.64	4.54	$5,044
Jul 2000	64	694	28.53	4.09	$4,664
Jun 2000	56	670	29.30	4.40	$4,587
May 2000	54	728	27.26	3.68	$4,151
Apr 2000	52	701	24.51	3.12	$3,459
Mar 2000	46	737	28.42	2.86	$3,415
Feb 2000	50	524	27.62	2.73	$2,810
Jan 2000	44	563	25.27	2.48	$2,508
Dec 1999	47	571	24.28	2.42	$2,525
Nov 1999	71	783	23.19	2.43	$3,552
Oct 1999	73	825	20.98	2.80	$3,845
Sep 1999	65	832	21.75	2.62	$3,593
Aug 1999	78	777	19.26	2.88	$3,737
Jul 1999	48	784	17.89	2.37	$2,719
Jun 1999	50	730	15.94	2.36	$2,521
May 1999	44	726	15.79	2.32	$2,380
Apr 1999	50	726	15.10	2.21	$2,358
Mar 1999	33	714	12.47	1.84	$1,724
Feb 1999	27	519	9.98	1.82	$1,213
Jan 1999	24	556	10.38	1.90	$1,305
Dec 1998	31	591	9.20	1.77	$1,333
Nov 1998	42	761	10.89	2.19	$2,121
Oct 1998	41	728	12.42	1.97	$1,943
Sep 1998	35	767	12.59	2.08	$2,038
Aug 1998	31	799	11.30	1.91	$1,874
Jul 1998	22	797	11.74	2.24	$2,041
Jun 1998	28	742	11.24	2.24	$1,975
May 1998	24	688	12.62	2.21	$1,821
Apr 1998	28	628	13.04	2.51	$1,938
Mar 1998	23	619	12.80	2.31	$1,724
Feb 1998	25	753	13.95	2.30	$2,080
Jan 1998	32	731	14.70	2.15	$2,046
Dec 1997	29	729	16.32	2.41	$2,231
Nov 1997	17	604	18.19	3.09	$2,175
Oct 1997	17	653	19.25	3.15	$2,384
Sep 1997	17	662	17.74	2.95	$2,258
Aug 1997	13	781	17.86	2.55	$2,227
Jul 1997	17	866	17.58	2.25	$2,245
Jun 1997	19	852	17.24	2.26	$2,251
May 1997	25	773	18.97	2.31	$2,259
Apr 1997	23	718	17.88	2.08	$1,907
Mar 1997	18	739	18.95	1.94	$1,774
Feb 1997	12	804	20.49	2.21	$2,019
Jan 1997	10	1,001	23.48	3.54	$3,778
Dec 1996	10	980	23.32	—	$233
Nov 1996	11	967	21.97	—	$242
Oct 1996	16	989	23.31	—	$373
Sep 1996	17	987	22.22	—	$378
Aug 1996	32	885	20.26	—	$648
Jul 1996	24	865	19.55	—	$469
Jun 1996	25	821	18.73	—	$468
May 1996	29	811	19.43	—	$563
Apr 1996	33	744	21.51	—	$710
Mar 1996	30	757	19.38	—	$581
Feb 1996	13	757	16.98	—	$221
Jan 1996	12	793	17.07	—	$205
Dec 1995	11	708	17.19	—	$189
Nov 1995	11	786	16.00	—	$176
Oct 1995	22	953	15.43	—	$339
Sep 1995	21	745	16.18	—	$340
Aug 1995	12	932	15.92	—	$191
Jul 1995	10	819	15.24	—	$152
Jun 1995	24	1,084	16.41	—	$394
May 1995	38	1,357	17.56	—	$667
Apr 1995	23	1,159	17.73	—	$408
Mar 1995	5	867	16.44	—	$82
Feb 1995	16	873	16.58	—	$265
Jan 1995	15	912	15.92	—	$239
Dec 1994	33	951	15.03	—	$496
Nov 1994	19	994	15.90	—	$302
Oct 1994	22	1,320	15.58	—	$343
Sep 1994	21	1,005	15.29	—	$321
Aug 1994	23	1,495	16.13	—	$371
Jul 1994	35	967	17.56	—	$615
Jun 1994	31	938	17.09	—	$530
May 1994	32	966	15.88	—	$508
Apr 1994	5	965	14.14	—	$71
Mar 1994	22	599	12.46	—	$274

How to read this page

The arithmetic is one multiplication per stream per month. Here it is, worked, on a real row from the table above.

Feb 2014 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 97.40 =         $0
Gas                  123 Mcf  × $  6.19 =       $762

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Month total                                     $762

The volumes are the state's, unchanged

Every barrel and every Mcf on this page is a number the Railroad Commission of Texas published in its monthly production query. Nothing is modelled, estimated or filled in.

The dollars are a multiplication, not a valuation

Volume × a published monthly price. It is not what the operator was paid: it takes no account of a contract, a differential, a transportation deduction, or the share any one owner holds.

Oil and gas are priced differently

Oil is a Texas realisation — the crude oil first purchase price. Gas is a benchmark, because no free Texas wellhead gas series exists at any date. The prices page publishes the difference rather than correcting it away.

A lease is not a well

The state reports oil on lease and gas on well, and this page is the lease grain. 08/G/148878 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.