STERLING 'U' FEE

Operated by BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD. (P-5 108799) in the CONGER, SW (PENN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 149864District 08Field 201015002 tax incentive programmesCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$852 k
May 1994 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$38 k
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 271 leases and 445 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1979-02-21
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 1986-07-01.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: OPERATOR REQUEST. TEXACO E & P INC ALLICIANT..

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 Gas111995-01-02131248
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
CondensateDisposition2,845 bbl$80,106
GasProduction243,451 Mcf$771,443
Total$851,549

55,674 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 31.7172, -101.2613. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

31.71720, -101.26133 · 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
8,440 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 8,440 ft.

Completions filed
Aug 1993
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-4313266798,440 ftAug 1993

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 20266612106.413.05$2,503
Apr 2026236798.932.87$1,251
Mar 2026380089.753.15$2,789
Feb 2026478463.503.75$3,194
Jan 2026583359.138.00$6,958
Dec 2025482156.664.41$3,850
Nov 2025487958.593.93$3,686
Oct 2025784459.383.30$3,205
Sep 2025375562.743.08$2,511
Aug 2025675663.933.01$2,663
Jul 2025671366.743.32$2,764
Jun 2025656766.483.13$2,173
May 2025668660.553.23$2,581
Apr 2025658262.363.54$2,436
Mar 2025533267.704.27$1,756
Feb 2025434670.884.34$1,785
Jan 2025436174.324.28$1,842
Dec 2024634868.993.12$1,500
Nov 2024743769.052.20$1,444
Oct 2024746171.372.28$1,551
Sep 2024741869.612.36$1,476
Aug 2024855275.632.06$1,744
Jul 20241055179.932.15$1,982
Jun 20242147878.082.63$2,899
May 2024757378.812.20$1,811
Apr 2024533384.451.66$975
Mar 20241056880.301.55$1,681
Feb 2024651176.091.78$1,368
Jan 2024233073.023.30$1,234
Dec 2023334071.262.61$1,101
Nov 2023655677.892.81$2,028
Oct 20231744185.443.09$2,814
Sep 2023019189.042.74$522
Aug 2023024180.522.67$644
Jul 2023030574.852.64$806
Jun 2023028668.962.26$646
May 2023027470.622.23$610
Apr 2023024078.122.24$537
Mar 2023027672.852.39$661
Feb 2023026275.112.47$646
Jan 2023037376.533.39$1,264
Dec 2022022476.415.73$1,283
Nov 2022038485.005.65$2,168
Oct 2022020287.185.86$1,184
Sep 2022019084.888.16$1,551
Aug 2022021794.529.13$1,981
Jul 20220466101.587.54$3,515
Jun 20220453115.097.98$3,614
May 20220418109.378.43$3,525
Apr 20220291104.226.84$1,990
Mar 20220393108.885.08$1,995
Feb 2022028191.054.86$1,365
Jan 2022033681.844.54$1,525
Dec 2021036971.323.90$1,439
Nov 2021033077.435.24$1,728
Oct 2021036679.795.71$2,091
Sep 2021034669.865.35$1,851
Aug 2021040166.024.22$1,692
Jul 2021031370.783.98$1,246
Jun 2021026069.493.38$879
May 2021028663.483.02$863
Apr 2021026060.362.76$717
Mar 2021042461.302.72$1,152
Feb 2021021857.805.55$1,209
Jan 2021036250.412.81$1,017
Dec 2020040044.642.68$1,070
Nov 2020038438.772.71$1,039
Oct 2020037936.972.48$939
Sep 2020028437.091.99$565
Aug 2020025139.982.39$599
Jul 2020551638.371.83$1,134
Jun 2020468934.901.69$1,304
May 20200016.921.81$0
Apr 2020110014.751.80$195
Mar 2020435930.341.86$788
Feb 2020536049.881.98$962
Jan 2020640457.252.09$1,190
Dec 2019442559.012.30$1,215
Nov 2019250655.302.75$1,502
Oct 2019061853.472.42$1,495
Sep 2019060555.052.66$1,608
Aug 2019042153.112.30$970
Jul 20190056.272.46$0
Jun 20190052.782.49$0
May 2019066058.482.74$1,809
Apr 201906262.632.75$171
Mar 2019041856.803.06$1,280
Feb 2019038350.852.79$1,069
Jan 2019042146.033.23$1,359
Dec 2018035246.594.19$1,473
Nov 2018230252.934.24$1,386
Oct 2018043761.443.40$1,485
Sep 2018241759.543.11$1,415
Aug 2018455359.403.07$1,933
Jul 2018459065.142.93$1,990
Jun 2018655660.183.08$2,072
May 2018762665.382.90$2,274
Apr 20181067563.842.90$2,596
Mar 20181876661.222.79$3,237
Feb 20181565461.782.77$2,736
Jan 2018132562.874.01$1,366
Dec 2017021457.272.92$625
Nov 2017020455.423.12$636
Oct 2017022649.292.98$674
Sep 2017022947.523.09$707
Aug 2017025445.373.00$763
Jul 2017028243.873.09$871
Jun 2017027142.493.09$837
May 2017028945.373.26$943
Apr 2017030947.933.21$992
Mar 2017025346.772.98$755
Feb 2017018050.452.95$531
Jan 2017021049.413.42$718
Dec 2016028248.763.72$1,050
Nov 2016032442.492.64$857
Oct 2016032546.193.09$1,004
Sep 2016023641.553.10$732
Aug 2016025541.442.92$746
Jul 2016035441.622.92$1,035
Jun 2016036445.352.69$978
May 2016056842.521.99$1,131
Apr 2016030736.561.99$611
Mar 2016016633.011.79$298
Feb 2016016826.472.06$347
Jan 20160827.352.36$19
Dec 20150632.362.00$12
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 2015014056.152.88$404
May 2015018755.212.96$553
Apr 2015024649.822.71$666
Mar 2015021842.892.93$640
Feb 2015022944.662.98$682
Jan 2015028643.433.10$887
Dec 2014134454.693.59$1,290
Nov 2014129670.464.25$1,329
Oct 2014217078.303.90$820
Sep 2014119986.164.05$891
Aug 2014021089.394.04$847
Jul 2014022896.564.18$953
Jun 2014024498.164.74$1,156
May 2014025494.734.73$1,201
Apr 2014020495.944.81$981
Mar 2014029995.895.06$1,512
Feb 2014032997.406.19$2,037
Jan 2014033090.404.86$1,604
Dec 2013026391.824.35$1,145
Nov 2013026988.853.74$1,006
Oct 2013023697.423.78$892
Sep 20130274104.113.72$1,019
Aug 20130306104.253.52$1,078
Jul 20130277102.523.72$1,030
Jun 2013028194.403.93$1,105
May 2013033294.834.15$1,377
Apr 2013015093.964.28$642
Mar 2013026893.623.91$1,049
Feb 2013030691.233.42$1,046
Jan 2013044191.603.42$1,508
Dec 2012042886.773.42$1,464
Nov 2012038186.953.62$1,381
Oct 2012045589.383.40$1,547
Sep 2012040494.672.92$1,179
Aug 2012028992.662.91$840
Jul 2012022085.133.02$665
Jun 2012024479.822.52$615
May 2012029091.612.49$722
Apr 20120212101.652.00$423
Mar 20120264105.052.22$587
Feb 20121340101.102.57$975
Jan 2012041898.092.73$1,143
Dec 2011033996.873.24$1,098
Nov 2011039495.723.31$1,305
Oct 2011037684.983.65$1,372
Sep 2011043983.623.99$1,750
Aug 2011049083.404.15$2,033
Jul 2011050694.144.52$2,286
Jun 2011455392.904.64$2,937
May 2011257398.134.40$2,720
Apr 20112474105.964.33$2,266
Mar 2011012696.364.06$511
Feb 2011018485.644.18$769
Jan 2011038986.504.59$1,785
Dec 2010044085.734.35$1,913
Nov 2010050880.843.80$1,928
Oct 2010043278.103.51$1,516
Sep 2010038372.633.98$1,524
Aug 2010038873.684.42$1,715
Jul 2010040572.554.74$1,918
Jun 2010041570.364.91$2,038
May 2010026071.124.24$1,101
Apr 2010123781.694.12$1,059
Mar 2010223878.394.39$1,201
Feb 2010012673.585.44$686
Jan 2010230974.365.96$1,992
Dec 2009339971.445.48$2,402
Nov 2009141974.593.75$1,646
Oct 2009038872.544.11$1,595
Sep 2009038765.543.06$1,186
Aug 2009142967.423.22$1,448
Jul 2009245861.133.46$1,709
Jun 2009027966.163.90$1,087
May 2009138954.743.93$1,582
Apr 2009239046.773.59$1,493
Mar 2009037742.144.06$1,530
Feb 2009337932.814.63$1,854
Jan 2009444735.865.37$2,544
Dec 2008348137.105.98$2,986
Nov 2008148755.496.86$3,396
Oct 2008054875.246.92$3,793
Sep 20080455101.767.88$3,584
Aug 20083548114.228.48$4,991
Jul 20088571131.0811.39$7,552
Jun 20082592131.3313.03$7,978
May 20081415123.1711.57$4,927
Apr 20080459110.3110.45$4,799
Mar 20081446101.909.66$4,412
Feb 2008240792.538.77$3,755
Jan 2008345390.388.21$3,988
Dec 2007346488.337.30$3,653
Nov 2007343791.677.29$3,461
Oct 2007142182.856.92$2,997
Sep 2007241175.846.24$2,718
Aug 2007344869.066.39$3,069
Jul 2007445070.906.39$3,158
Jun 2007444562.007.55$3,607
May 2007547158.747.85$3,989
Apr 20071147559.617.81$4,363
Mar 20071147456.927.30$4,087
Feb 2007642455.108.22$3,814
Jan 2007244650.306.73$3,101
Dec 2006350056.656.92$3,629
Nov 2006445454.207.62$3,675
Oct 2006349254.906.01$3,123
Sep 2006549760.085.04$2,804
Aug 2006354668.717.34$4,214
Jul 2006553469.376.34$3,734
Jun 20061052866.286.38$4,033
May 20061058366.016.42$4,406
Apr 20061560164.397.36$5,390
Mar 20061361356.707.08$5,079
Feb 20061049857.597.75$4,436
Jan 2006849160.598.93$4,871
Dec 2005949854.9413.42$7,175
Nov 20051048854.6910.59$5,714
Oct 20052450658.3413.80$8,381
Sep 20052552561.4512.08$7,878
Aug 2005356061.519.80$5,671
Jul 2005360955.697.84$4,944
Jun 2005357952.337.38$4,431
May 2005460245.226.65$4,185
Apr 2005358549.207.36$4,453
Mar 2005560750.377.15$4,595
Feb 2005555345.226.31$3,717
Jan 2005858743.166.32$4,056
Dec 2004558939.866.75$4,176
Nov 2004661045.286.33$4,133
Oct 2004363049.706.52$4,254
Sep 2004463143.245.28$3,507
Aug 2004463742.375.55$3,705
Jul 2004361538.286.08$3,857
Jun 2004465136.106.43$4,332
May 2004668737.486.49$4,687
Apr 2004767834.475.86$4,213
Mar 2004567534.365.53$3,905
Feb 2004363732.455.51$3,607
Jan 2004262932.036.30$4,027
Dec 2003368130.266.30$4,382
Nov 2003371128.804.60$3,354
Oct 2003473028.174.76$3,587
Sep 2003369926.314.75$3,399
Aug 2003467429.765.13$3,576
Jul 2003465729.415.17$3,515
Jun 2003464028.565.98$3,943
May 2003363026.595.97$3,843
Apr 2003263026.675.41$3,460
Mar 2003365331.146.10$4,074
Feb 2003458833.487.93$4,794
Jan 2003364830.315.58$3,708
Dec 2002366426.914.85$3,304
Nov 2002267424.664.14$2,838
Oct 2002365626.464.23$2,854
Sep 2002364627.443.64$2,431
Aug 2002168425.963.16$2,190
Jul 2002171224.583.06$2,205
Jun 2002272523.733.34$2,468
May 2002292824.663.58$3,375
Apr 2002390023.653.51$3,232
Mar 2002392022.003.10$2,921
Feb 2002370518.222.38$1,730
Jan 2002477817.172.38$1,917
Dec 2001785616.932.36$2,142
Nov 20011183418.072.41$2,205
Oct 20011888519.782.53$2,594
Sep 20011385224.262.25$2,234
Aug 2001585024.873.05$2,720
Jul 2001585323.933.20$2,847
Jun 2001682224.563.82$3,291
May 2001984325.524.31$3,861
Apr 20011081824.685.34$4,611
Mar 20011081624.545.38$4,633
Feb 2001866527.755.77$4,057
Jan 20011175327.478.40$6,626
Dec 20001182026.889.12$7,776
Nov 20001281932.215.66$5,020
Oct 20001285831.235.15$4,790
Sep 2000685431.875.19$4,620
Aug 2000989829.644.54$4,344
Jul 2000991828.534.09$4,011
Jun 20001289629.304.40$4,292
May 2000111,08827.263.68$4,303
Apr 2000131,08024.513.12$3,684
Mar 2000141,13228.422.86$3,635
Feb 200071,00727.622.73$2,939
Jan 200061,02525.272.48$2,694
Dec 199961,03924.282.42$2,664
Nov 199981,03523.192.43$2,705
Oct 199981,08320.982.80$3,204
Sep 199981,03021.752.62$2,871
Aug 199991,07119.262.88$3,253
Jul 199961,11017.892.37$2,741
Jun 1999171,06715.942.36$2,791
May 1999161,03515.792.32$2,655
Apr 19991399815.102.21$2,400
Mar 1999111,03912.471.84$2,047
Feb 199979329.981.82$1,764
Jan 199971,07610.381.90$2,117
Dec 1998121,0989.201.77$2,058
Nov 19984784510.892.19$2,359
Oct 19983986312.421.97$2,184
Sep 19984285112.592.08$2,301
Aug 1998971,13911.301.91$3,269
Jul 1998691,11411.742.24$3,302
Jun 1998741,13911.242.24$3,380
May 19982293312.622.21$2,336
Apr 1998281,05513.042.51$3,008
Mar 1998191,00712.802.31$2,569
Feb 1998131,33213.952.30$3,244
Jan 1998191,52014.702.15$3,555
Dec 1997171,55816.322.41$4,034
Nov 199731,46318.193.09$4,573
Oct 199721,52519.253.15$4,842
Sep 199741,40617.742.95$4,226
Aug 1997111,23617.862.55$3,354
Jul 1997141,55017.582.25$3,729
Jun 1997171,49617.242.26$3,670
May 199781,63118.972.31$3,917
Apr 199791,46017.882.08$3,202
Mar 199771,49018.951.94$3,022
Feb 1997111,22920.492.21$2,936
Jan 1997121,37323.483.54$5,142
Dec 1996111,41723.32$257
Nov 19962490321.97$527
Oct 19962694423.31$606
Sep 19962196022.22$467
Aug 199691,63220.26$182
Jul 199671,67619.55$137
Jun 199691,64218.73$169
May 1996191,71319.43$369
Apr 1996221,67521.51$473
Mar 1996221,57719.38$426
Feb 1996291,95216.98$492
Jan 1996301,89417.07$512
Dec 1995372,12417.19$636
Nov 1995241,89616.00$384
Oct 1995352,30515.43$540
Sep 199541,66716.18$65
Aug 1995342,59715.92$541
Jul 1995352,16315.24$533
Jun 1995681,81216.41$1,116
May 1995701,93617.56$1,229
Apr 1995812,55017.73$1,436
Mar 1995451,28516.44$740
Feb 1995301,54816.58$497
Jan 1995791,50015.92$1,258
Dec 1994411,49215.03$616
Nov 1994401,45815.90$636
Oct 1994591,83715.58$919
Sep 1994611,76315.29$933
Aug 1994521,85116.13$839
Jul 1994582,02617.56$1,018
Jun 1994501,66217.09$855
May 1994352,21715.88$556

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.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             6 bbl  × $106.41 =       $638
Gas                  612 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,864

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Month total                                   $2,503

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/149864 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.