STERLING 'J' FEE

Operated by BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD. (P-5 108799) 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 149774District 08Field 200977002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$693 k
May 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
385
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, gas

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

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
High Cost Gas111995-01-02131257
NGPA1none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

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.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
CondensateDisposition7,708 bbl$199,386
GasProduction168,325 Mcf$494,095
Total$693,481

55,778 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 32 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 31.7287, -101.1761. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.72869, -101.17606 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

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
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
8,040 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1100.0%

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 8,040 ft.

Completions filed
Nov 2007
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-43132685128,040 ftNov 2007

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 (385)

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

385 months

May 202600106.413.05$0
Apr 20260098.932.87$0
Mar 20260089.753.15$0
Feb 20260063.503.75$0
Jan 20260059.138.00$0
Dec 20250056.664.41$0
Nov 20250058.593.93$0
Oct 20250059.383.30$0
Sep 20250062.743.08$0
Aug 20250063.933.01$0
Jul 20250066.743.32$0
Jun 20250066.483.13$0
May 20250060.553.23$0
Apr 20250062.363.54$0
Mar 20250067.704.27$0
Feb 20250070.884.34$0
Jan 20250074.324.28$0
Dec 20240068.993.12$0
Nov 20240069.052.20$0
Oct 20240071.372.28$0
Sep 20240069.612.36$0
Aug 20240075.632.06$0
Jul 20240079.932.15$0
Jun 20240078.082.63$0
May 20240078.812.20$0
Apr 20240084.451.66$0
Mar 20240080.301.55$0
Feb 20240076.091.78$0
Jan 20240073.023.30$0
Dec 20230071.262.61$0
Nov 20230077.892.81$0
Oct 20230085.443.09$0
Sep 20230089.042.74$0
Aug 20230080.522.67$0
Jul 20230074.852.64$0
Jun 20230068.962.26$0
May 20230070.622.23$0
Apr 20230078.122.24$0
Mar 20230072.852.39$0
Feb 20230075.112.47$0
Jan 20230076.533.39$0
Dec 20220076.415.73$0
Nov 20220085.005.65$0
Oct 20220087.185.86$0
Sep 20220084.888.16$0
Aug 20220094.529.13$0
Jul 202200101.587.54$0
Jun 202200115.097.98$0
May 202200109.378.43$0
Apr 202200104.226.84$0
Mar 202200108.885.08$0
Feb 20220091.054.86$0
Jan 20220081.844.54$0
Dec 20210071.323.90$0
Nov 20210077.435.24$0
Oct 20210079.795.71$0
Sep 20210069.865.35$0
Aug 20210066.024.22$0
Jul 20210070.783.98$0
Jun 20210069.493.38$0
May 20210063.483.02$0
Apr 20210060.362.76$0
Mar 20210061.302.72$0
Feb 20210057.805.55$0
Jan 20210050.412.81$0
Dec 20200044.642.68$0
Nov 20200038.772.71$0
Oct 20200036.972.48$0
Sep 20200037.091.99$0
Aug 20200039.982.39$0
Jul 20200038.371.83$0
Jun 20200034.901.69$0
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 20200014.751.80$0
Mar 20200030.341.86$0
Feb 20200049.881.98$0
Jan 20200057.252.09$0
Dec 20190059.012.30$0
Nov 20190055.302.75$0
Oct 20190053.472.42$0
Sep 20190055.052.66$0
Aug 20190053.112.30$0
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 20190058.482.74$0
Apr 20190062.632.75$0
Mar 20190056.803.06$0
Feb 20190050.852.79$0
Jan 20190046.033.23$0
Dec 20180046.594.19$0
Nov 20180052.934.24$0
Oct 20180061.443.40$0
Sep 20180059.543.11$0
Aug 20180059.403.07$0
Jul 20180065.142.93$0
Jun 20180060.183.08$0
May 20180065.382.90$0
Apr 20180063.842.90$0
Mar 20180061.222.79$0
Feb 20180061.782.77$0
Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 20160041.553.10$0
Aug 20160041.442.92$0
Jul 20160041.622.92$0
Jun 20160045.352.69$0
May 20160042.521.99$0
Apr 20160036.561.99$0
Mar 20160033.011.79$0
Feb 20160026.472.06$0
Jan 20160027.352.36$0
Dec 20150032.362.00$0
Nov 20150038.792.17$0
Oct 20150043.552.43$0
Sep 20150042.992.76$0
Aug 20150040.162.87$0
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 20150056.152.88$0
May 20150055.212.96$0
Apr 20150049.822.71$0
Mar 20150042.892.93$0
Feb 20150044.662.98$0
Jan 20150043.433.10$0
Dec 20140054.693.59$0
Nov 20140070.464.25$0
Oct 20140078.303.90$0
Sep 20140086.164.05$0
Aug 20140089.394.04$0
Jul 20140096.564.18$0
Jun 20140098.164.74$0
May 20140094.734.73$0
Apr 20140095.944.81$0
Mar 20140095.895.06$0
Feb 20140097.406.19$0
Jan 20140090.404.86$0
Dec 20130091.824.35$0
Nov 20130088.853.74$0
Oct 20130097.423.78$0
Sep 201300104.113.72$0
Aug 201300104.253.52$0
Jul 201300102.523.72$0
Jun 20130094.403.93$0
May 20130094.834.15$0
Apr 20130093.964.28$0
Mar 20130093.623.91$0
Feb 20130091.233.42$0
Jan 20130091.603.42$0
Dec 20120086.773.42$0
Nov 20120086.953.62$0
Oct 20120089.383.40$0
Sep 20120094.672.92$0
Aug 20120092.662.91$0
Jul 20120085.133.02$0
Jun 20120079.822.52$0
May 20120091.612.49$0
Apr 201200101.652.00$0
Mar 201200105.052.22$0
Feb 201200101.102.57$0
Jan 20120098.092.73$0
Dec 20110096.873.24$0
Nov 20110095.723.31$0
Oct 20110084.983.65$0
Sep 20110083.623.99$0
Aug 20110083.404.15$0
Jul 20110094.144.52$0
Jun 20110092.904.64$0
May 20110098.134.40$0
Apr 201100105.964.33$0
Mar 20110096.364.06$0
Feb 20110085.644.18$0
Jan 20110086.504.59$0
Dec 20100085.734.35$0
Nov 20100080.843.80$0
Oct 20100078.103.51$0
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 20100073.684.42$0
Jul 20100072.554.74$0
Jun 20100070.364.91$0
May 20100071.124.24$0
Apr 20100081.694.12$0
Mar 20100078.394.39$0
Feb 20100073.585.44$0
Jan 20100074.365.96$0
Dec 20090071.445.48$0
Nov 20090074.593.75$0
Oct 20090072.544.11$0
Sep 20090065.543.06$0
Aug 20090067.423.22$0
Jul 20090061.133.46$0
Jun 20090066.163.90$0
May 20090054.743.93$0
Apr 20090046.773.59$0
Mar 20090042.144.06$0
Feb 20090032.814.63$0
Jan 20090035.865.37$0
Dec 20080037.105.98$0
Nov 20080055.496.86$0
Oct 20080075.246.92$0
Sep 200800101.767.88$0
Aug 200800114.228.48$0
Jul 200800131.0811.39$0
Jun 200800131.3313.03$0
May 200800123.1711.57$0
Apr 200800110.3110.45$0
Mar 200800101.909.66$0
Feb 20080092.538.77$0
Jan 20080090.388.21$0
Dec 20070088.337.30$0
Nov 20070091.677.29$0
Oct 2007014982.856.92$1,031
Sep 2007370075.846.24$4,598
Aug 2007777169.066.39$5,409
Jul 2007463870.906.39$4,359
Jun 2007245062.007.55$3,521
May 2007561058.747.85$5,080
Apr 20071156959.617.81$5,097
Mar 20072065956.927.30$5,950
Feb 20071856355.108.22$5,617
Jan 20072474750.306.73$6,232
Dec 20062677156.656.92$6,807
Nov 20062370254.207.62$6,594
Oct 20065059054.906.01$6,293
Sep 20063369060.085.04$5,458
Aug 20061772168.717.34$6,460
Jul 20062070369.376.34$5,846
Jun 20061065666.286.38$4,851
May 200611272766.016.42$12,064
Apr 20069969464.397.36$11,483
Mar 20066465856.707.08$8,289
Feb 20061461057.597.75$5,534
Jan 2006763060.598.93$6,052
Dec 2005863254.9413.42$8,918
Nov 20051156654.6910.59$6,595
Oct 20052449758.3413.80$8,257
Sep 20052148961.4512.08$7,197
Aug 20052152761.519.80$6,455
Jul 20051666555.697.84$6,107
Jun 20052363952.337.38$5,920
May 20053765445.226.65$6,023
Apr 20054362149.207.36$6,686
Mar 20054162150.377.15$6,508
Feb 20053854445.226.31$5,152
Jan 20053559543.166.32$5,272
Dec 20044260939.866.75$5,786
Nov 20044856545.286.33$5,750
Oct 20045060449.706.52$6,420
Sep 20046158643.245.28$5,734
Aug 20047961942.375.55$6,783
Jul 20043565338.286.08$5,313
Jun 20043764136.106.43$5,459
May 20043675237.486.49$6,233
Apr 20043083134.475.86$5,902
Mar 20043574734.365.53$5,334
Feb 20042970332.455.51$4,814
Jan 20043174532.036.30$5,686
Dec 20033778430.266.30$6,060
Nov 20033175028.804.60$4,339
Oct 20032878028.174.76$4,501
Sep 20032576026.314.75$4,267
Aug 20031976029.765.13$4,464
Jul 20032971329.415.17$4,540
Jun 20034668228.565.98$5,394
May 20034281926.595.97$6,008
Apr 20033789126.675.41$5,805
Mar 2003261,04531.146.10$7,180
Feb 20032786633.487.93$7,768
Jan 20034472130.315.58$5,358
Dec 200210785826.914.85$7,044
Nov 20027287624.664.14$5,400
Oct 20023278126.464.23$4,150
Sep 20025677427.443.64$4,350
Aug 20024982025.963.16$3,867
Jul 20023885724.583.06$3,558
Jun 20023884923.733.34$3,736
May 20026892924.663.58$5,006
Apr 200220387823.653.51$7,885
Mar 20026893222.003.10$4,388
Feb 20025988918.222.38$3,187
Jan 2002341,14617.172.38$3,306
Dec 20014194716.932.36$2,933
Nov 200113782318.072.41$4,455
Oct 200126788819.782.53$7,527
Sep 20018186924.262.25$3,921
Aug 20019875324.873.05$4,736
Jul 20012575123.933.20$2,999
Jun 20019273024.563.82$5,051
May 2001701,00225.524.31$6,102
Apr 200110895724.685.34$7,771
Mar 20016695224.545.38$6,738
Feb 20016887127.755.77$6,910
Jan 20012496827.478.40$8,789
Dec 20003499526.889.12$9,991
Nov 2000381,05032.215.66$7,165
Oct 2000441,08231.235.15$6,942
Sep 2000281,07931.875.19$6,489
Aug 2000481,09729.644.54$6,404
Jul 2000431,06928.534.09$5,599
Jun 20003499329.304.40$5,363
May 20005495227.263.68$4,975
Apr 20005289724.513.12$4,070
Mar 20003397528.422.86$3,726
Feb 20004182427.622.73$3,379
Jan 20003690925.272.48$3,164
Dec 19994097124.282.42$3,325
Nov 19994173023.192.43$2,728
Oct 19993876320.982.80$2,936
Sep 19993469721.752.62$2,565
Aug 19992973119.262.88$2,661
Jul 19992772917.892.37$2,212
Jun 19992573615.942.36$2,137
May 19993177915.792.32$2,298
Apr 19993275615.102.21$2,152
Mar 19992878212.471.84$1,787
Feb 1999277239.981.82$1,584
Jan 19993282110.381.90$1,892
Dec 1998378279.201.77$1,807
Nov 1998431,01210.892.19$2,680
Oct 1998401,02812.421.97$2,521
Sep 1998411,01112.592.08$2,622
Aug 1998711,25511.301.91$3,196
Jul 1998501,28811.742.24$3,469
Jun 1998501,24911.242.24$3,356
May 1998201,22412.622.21$2,953
Apr 1998211,18113.042.51$3,233
Mar 1998141,22912.802.31$3,018
Feb 1998131,15613.952.30$2,839
Jan 1998171,27814.702.15$3,004
Dec 1997191,34716.322.41$3,558
Nov 1997371,52518.193.09$5,383
Oct 1997661,53219.253.15$6,096
Sep 1997771,58917.742.95$6,061
Aug 1997361,76517.862.55$5,152
Jul 1997321,68117.582.25$4,340
Jun 1997321,54517.242.26$4,039
May 1997611,41718.972.31$4,428
Apr 1997401,35017.882.08$3,527
Mar 1997371,56818.951.94$3,742
Feb 1997291,24520.492.21$3,341
Jan 1997181,32123.483.54$5,099
Dec 1996221,27823.32$513
Nov 1996311,36721.97$681
Oct 1996371,39323.31$862
Sep 1996251,40622.22$556
Aug 1996291,60420.26$588
Jul 1996251,59219.55$489
Jun 1996421,54518.73$787
May 1996341,70719.43$661
Apr 1996441,70621.51$946
Mar 1996501,62019.38$969
Feb 1996441,44016.98$747
Jan 1996531,69917.07$905
Dec 1995591,52917.19$1,014
Nov 1995811,52616.00$1,296
Oct 1995641,61515.43$988
Sep 1995541,63016.18$874
Aug 1995491,85915.92$780
Jul 1995491,67315.24$747
Jun 1995861,78316.41$1,411
May 1995571,39117.56$1,001
Apr 19951091,82517.73$1,933
Mar 1995981,60216.44$1,611
Feb 1995731,32016.58$1,210
Jan 19951031,18415.92$1,640
Dec 19941572,75515.03$2,360
Nov 19941371,68715.90$2,178
Oct 19941791,99215.58$2,789
Sep 19941071,94715.29$1,636
Aug 19941122,37516.13$1,807
Jul 19941213,70717.56$2,125
Jun 19941013,54417.09$1,726
May 19941447715.88$222

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.

Oct 2007 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $ 82.85 =         $0
Gas                  149 Mcf  × $  6.92 =     $1,031

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Month total                                   $1,031

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/149774 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.