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.

Oil lease lease 24810District 08Field 20097700NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.6 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$49 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead 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
NGPA14none

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
OilDisposition36,461 bbl$1,137,058
Casinghead gasProduction1,099,977 Mcf$2,419,651
Total$3,556,709

518,893 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 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 (13)

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 31.7303, -101.1741. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.9 miles.

31.73036, -101.17488 · 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
92.3%
12 of 13 wells
With a plug date
7.7%
1 of 13 wells
Median depth
7,960 ft
13 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.5 years
median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
1292.3%
A plug date is filed
17.7%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
17.7%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
17.7%

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

Total depth in feet, 13 of 13 wells. Median 7,960 ft, with the middle half between 7,943 and 7,980 ft; the shallowest is 7,860 ft and the deepest 8,050 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 13 of 13 wells, Jan 1978 – Aug 2016. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Jan 1978 – Aug 2016
13 of 13 wells
Plug dates filed
May 2016
1 of 13 wells; 12 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.5 years across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 33.5 years and 33.5 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

13 wells

42-43131734108,000 ftAug 2016Yes
42-43131714117,980 ftMay 2012Yes
42-4313173397,960 ftFeb 2012Yes
42-43132686138,050 ftAug 2009Yes
42-4313031537,940 ftJul 2008Yes
42-43132685128,040 ftNov 2007Yes
42-4313137587,960 ftJan 1989Yes
42-4313134677,980 ftSep 1983
42-4313123467,954 ftNov 1982Yes
42-4313122957,943 ftNov 1982May 2016Yes
42-4313028617,950 ftJan 1978Yes
42-4313032727,860 ftJan 1978Yes
42-4313058047,920 ftJan 1978Yes

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 (401)

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

401 months

May 202625698106.413.05$4,786
Apr 20262286598.932.87$4,659
Mar 20262475689.753.15$4,535
Feb 20262468363.503.75$4,085
Jan 20262967459.138.00$7,105
Dec 20252165156.664.41$4,063
Nov 20251962258.593.93$3,555
Oct 20252060259.383.30$3,177
Sep 20252648662.743.08$3,127
Aug 20252460163.933.01$3,346
Jul 20252263366.743.32$3,567
Jun 20251960166.483.13$3,143
May 20253050760.553.23$3,455
Apr 20254254362.363.54$4,543
Mar 20256332367.704.27$5,644
Feb 20257832070.884.34$6,918
Jan 20258433174.324.28$7,659
Dec 20247829368.993.12$6,296
Nov 20247434669.052.20$5,870
Oct 20249635671.372.28$7,664
Sep 20249635569.612.36$7,522
Aug 20247742375.632.06$6,696
Jul 20247644679.932.15$7,032
Jun 20246730478.082.63$6,032
May 20244320978.812.20$3,848
Apr 20243832384.451.66$3,745
Mar 20243527680.301.55$3,237
Feb 20244722376.091.78$3,974
Jan 20246627173.023.30$5,713
Dec 20235931371.262.61$5,022
Nov 20236834477.892.81$6,262
Oct 20235936585.443.09$6,168
Sep 20236238589.042.74$6,573
Aug 20233839080.522.67$4,102
Jul 20233637574.852.64$3,685
Jun 20232227968.962.26$2,147
May 20232717970.622.23$2,305
Apr 20233213678.122.24$2,804
Mar 20233623872.852.39$3,192
Feb 20232421275.112.47$2,325
Jan 20233224976.533.39$3,293
Dec 20223024676.415.73$3,702
Nov 20221526285.005.65$2,754
Oct 20221427687.185.86$2,839
Sep 20221921984.888.16$3,401
Aug 20221828094.529.13$4,257
Jul 202211245101.587.54$2,965
Jun 202215217115.097.98$3,457
May 20227234109.378.43$2,739
Apr 202212221104.226.84$2,762
Mar 202263246108.885.08$8,108
Feb 20223424191.054.86$4,267
Jan 20222624981.844.54$3,258
Dec 20212424371.323.90$2,659
Nov 20212226577.435.24$3,091
Oct 20211537579.795.71$3,340
Sep 2021333869.865.35$2,018
Aug 20211742766.024.22$2,925
Jul 20212647870.783.98$3,744
Jun 20211256869.493.38$2,754
May 20212468763.483.02$3,597
Apr 20213772460.362.76$4,230
Mar 20213357561.302.72$3,585
Feb 20211838757.805.55$3,187
Jan 20212847250.412.81$2,738
Dec 2020211,09444.642.68$3,864
Nov 2020595238.772.71$2,771
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 2020218914.751.80$371
Mar 2020584930.341.86$1,728
Feb 2020283749.881.98$1,758
Jan 2020184257.252.09$1,821
Dec 2019388159.012.30$2,207
Nov 2019968955.302.75$2,393
Oct 2019482253.472.42$2,202
Sep 2019270855.052.66$1,991
Aug 2019375953.112.30$1,908
Jul 2019593856.272.46$2,589
Jun 2019579152.782.49$2,234
May 2019036358.482.74$995
Apr 2019036662.632.75$1,007
Mar 2019039656.803.06$1,213
Feb 2019037550.852.79$1,047
Jan 2019051846.033.23$1,672
Dec 2018064846.594.19$2,712
Nov 2018061552.934.24$2,606
Oct 2018054161.443.40$1,838
Sep 2018060659.543.11$1,883
Aug 2018090659.403.07$2,778
Jul 2018694665.142.93$3,164
Jun 2018291,18060.183.08$5,376
May 20181093965.382.90$3,378
Apr 2018093563.842.90$2,712
Mar 201831,06461.222.79$3,149
Feb 2018590561.782.77$2,812
Jan 201894462.874.01$742
Dec 2017593957.272.92$3,030
Nov 201701,14755.423.12$3,577
Oct 2017083049.292.98$2,476
Sep 2017062447.523.09$1,926
Aug 2017189645.373.00$2,737
Jul 2017392043.873.09$2,972
Jun 2017275342.493.09$2,410
May 20172994245.373.26$4,390
Apr 20174785947.933.21$5,011
Mar 20171984046.772.98$3,395
Feb 20172673350.452.95$3,476
Jan 20172885249.413.42$4,296
Dec 20162789848.763.72$4,660
Nov 2016291,00442.492.64$3,887
Oct 20163398546.193.09$4,568
Sep 20164182441.553.10$4,258
Aug 20162478941.442.92$3,302
Jul 20161596741.622.92$3,452
Jun 201691,09345.352.69$3,344
May 201641,12042.521.99$2,400
Apr 201671,08036.561.99$2,406
Mar 20161088333.011.79$1,914
Feb 2016040626.472.06$838
Jan 20160227.352.36$5
Dec 2015034232.362.00$684
Nov 2015189638.792.17$1,981
Oct 2015487243.552.43$2,290
Sep 2015283942.992.76$2,400
Aug 2015575040.162.87$2,355
Jul 20150048.152.95$0
Jun 2015172156.152.88$2,135
May 201541,12155.212.96$3,534
Apr 201541,09149.822.71$3,152
Mar 201541,17642.892.93$3,623
Feb 201531,05944.662.98$3,286
Jan 201521,23443.433.10$3,913
Dec 201441,25454.693.59$4,722
Nov 201451,23070.464.25$5,582
Oct 201481,40478.303.90$6,103
Sep 2014111,82386.164.05$8,323
Aug 2014111,45989.394.04$6,871
Jul 2014211,39896.564.18$7,871
Jun 2014551,27198.164.74$11,419
May 2014151,32794.734.73$7,693
Apr 2014141,32695.944.81$7,720
Mar 2014151,05095.895.06$6,748
Feb 20143178597.406.19$7,880
Jan 20141698990.404.86$6,254
Dec 201351,17291.824.35$5,563
Nov 2013111,27188.853.74$5,729
Oct 2013141,52997.423.78$7,143
Sep 2013211,564104.113.72$8,001
Aug 2013251,728104.253.52$8,693
Jul 2013221,905102.523.72$9,338
Jun 201301,74094.403.93$6,844
May 201311,08494.834.15$4,592
Apr 2013061393.964.28$2,625
Mar 2013079193.623.91$3,095
Feb 2013051291.233.42$1,751
Jan 2013060291.603.42$2,059
Dec 2012091186.773.42$3,116
Nov 2012061286.953.62$2,218
Oct 2012087889.383.40$2,985
Sep 2012076494.672.92$2,230
Aug 2012086992.662.91$2,527
Jul 2012059685.133.02$1,800
Jun 2012071879.822.52$1,809
May 2012076491.612.49$1,901
Apr 20120667101.652.00$1,332
Mar 20120346105.052.22$769
Feb 20120427101.102.57$1,097
Jan 2012045298.092.73$1,236
Dec 2011041096.873.24$1,328
Nov 2011037795.723.31$1,248
Oct 2011158284.983.65$2,208
Sep 20111450983.623.99$3,199
Aug 2011148783.404.15$2,104
Jul 20111057294.144.52$3,525
Jun 20111995192.904.64$6,178
May 201181,14798.134.40$5,837
Apr 2011721,001105.964.33$11,967
Mar 2011611,47396.364.06$11,854
Feb 2011221,49685.644.18$8,137
Jan 201101,43186.504.59$6,567
Dec 201091,18085.734.35$5,902
Nov 2010541,06980.843.80$8,423
Oct 2010561,25278.103.51$8,767
Sep 2010431,09772.633.98$7,489
Aug 2010591,24373.684.42$9,840
Jul 2010531,34572.554.74$10,216
Jun 2010291,32270.364.91$8,532
May 20101161,27671.124.24$13,654
Apr 2010571,20681.694.12$9,628
Mar 2010631,30978.394.39$10,683
Feb 2010431,11273.585.44$9,216
Jan 20101301,31774.365.96$17,522
Dec 2009581,14871.445.48$10,439
Nov 2009981,36674.593.75$12,434
Oct 2009311,09572.544.11$6,749
Sep 2009211,25065.543.06$5,207
Aug 2009231,51967.423.22$6,440
Jul 2009631,48961.133.46$9,010
Jun 2009441,33466.163.90$8,107
May 2009211,56254.743.93$7,282
Apr 2009301,49246.773.59$6,756
Mar 2009381,43342.144.06$7,418
Feb 2009601,16832.814.63$7,380
Jan 2009921,30535.865.37$10,308
Dec 2008731,38237.105.98$10,969
Nov 2008231,40255.496.86$10,894
Oct 2008311,59675.246.92$13,380
Sep 2008841,139101.767.88$17,520
Aug 2008211,321114.228.48$13,605
Jul 20081471,526131.0811.39$36,649
Jun 2008171,214131.3313.03$18,054
May 200861,481123.1711.57$17,881
Apr 200871,291110.3110.45$14,269
Mar 200801,126101.909.66$10,882
Feb 200861,35392.538.77$12,422
Jan 200871,36090.388.21$11,792
Dec 200781,52188.337.30$11,813
Nov 2007111,57791.677.29$12,507
Oct 2007121,75782.856.92$13,156
Sep 2007191,60975.846.24$11,488
Aug 2007181,49969.066.39$10,819
Jul 2007351,40170.906.39$11,431
Jun 2007341,45462.007.55$13,083
May 2007291,98458.747.85$17,270
Apr 2007671,79559.617.81$18,004
Mar 2007301,54456.927.30$12,982
Feb 2007391,37055.108.22$13,405
Jan 2007281,61650.306.73$12,279
Dec 2006311,77456.656.92$14,029
Nov 2006371,65554.207.62$14,612
Oct 20063001,30254.906.01$24,300
Sep 2006421,20760.085.04$8,603
Aug 2006792,15868.717.34$21,268
Jul 20062101,58569.376.34$24,621
Jun 20061721,72366.286.38$22,400
May 20061171,93666.016.42$20,162
Apr 2006361,69264.397.36$14,772
Mar 2006411,30056.707.08$11,533
Feb 2006431,48457.597.75$13,979
Jan 20061092,13260.598.93$25,650
Dec 20051292,36854.9413.42$38,855
Nov 20051272,50854.6910.59$33,501
Oct 20052122,15758.3413.80$42,126
Sep 20051752,16161.4512.08$36,856
Aug 20051182,17461.519.80$28,557
Jul 20051282,23555.697.84$24,659
Jun 20051062,18352.337.38$21,660
May 20051212,58445.226.65$22,658
Apr 20051782,82349.207.36$29,536
Mar 20051725,63450.377.15$48,974
Feb 20051652,40645.226.31$22,648
Jan 20051732,54943.166.32$23,582
Dec 20041302,57739.866.75$22,579
Nov 20042102,49345.286.33$25,291
Oct 20042512,66049.706.52$29,805
Sep 20042862,57943.245.28$25,994
Aug 20042252,57042.375.55$23,798
Jul 20042832,54338.286.08$26,305
Jun 20043112,49436.106.43$27,271
May 20043122,63337.486.49$28,794
Apr 20042092,54034.475.86$22,085
Mar 20042281,92734.365.53$18,491
Feb 20041342,05732.455.51$15,682
Jan 20041402,10532.036.30$17,745
Dec 20031022,34330.266.30$17,851
Nov 2003932,40628.804.60$13,734
Oct 2003992,50328.174.76$14,702
Sep 20031092,43626.314.75$14,437
Aug 2003832,74229.765.13$16,536
Jul 2003823,08029.415.17$18,338
Jun 2003722,39728.565.98$16,397
May 2003672,30626.595.97$15,555
Apr 2003862,38326.675.41$15,179
Mar 2003552,72231.146.10$18,306
Feb 2003562,31533.487.93$20,223
Jan 2003872,62330.315.58$17,279
Dec 2002641,30126.914.85$8,037
Nov 2002471,40624.664.14$6,976
Oct 2002521,44326.464.23$7,479
Sep 2002491,37327.443.64$6,336
Aug 2002651,24825.963.16$5,636
Jul 2002511,30024.583.06$5,234
Jun 2002501,37023.733.34$5,760
May 20021021,45624.663.58$7,734
Apr 20023051,37423.653.51$12,039
Mar 2002921,45922.003.10$6,551
Feb 2002301,36618.222.38$3,792
Jan 2002222,02917.172.38$5,198
Dec 2001433,24416.932.36$8,398
Nov 20011282,90518.072.41$9,301
Oct 20011973,15719.782.53$11,880
Sep 2001683,07624.262.25$8,575
Aug 20011212,52724.873.05$10,725
Jul 2001312,39523.933.20$8,399
Jun 20011332,31324.563.82$12,112
May 20012092,41625.524.31$15,740
Apr 20012752,72724.685.34$21,336
Mar 20011662,75024.545.38$18,859
Feb 20011632,74727.755.77$20,365
Jan 2001733,12727.478.40$28,268
Dec 20001033,05826.889.12$30,665
Nov 20001192,75532.215.66$19,421
Oct 20001402,84031.235.15$18,985
Sep 2000882,83431.875.19$17,503
Aug 20001522,88029.644.54$17,583
Jul 20001352,80528.534.09$15,323
Jun 20001082,60529.304.40$14,619
May 20001633,23327.263.68$16,340
Apr 20001553,04624.513.12$13,290
Mar 2000993,31228.422.86$12,285
Feb 20001182,85927.622.73$11,054
Jan 20001063,15225.272.48$10,497
Dec 19991203,36624.282.42$11,072
Nov 19991603,14823.192.43$11,373
Oct 19991463,29520.982.80$12,301
Sep 19991303,00621.752.62$10,700
Aug 19991123,15419.262.88$11,227
Jul 19991033,14817.892.37$9,311
Jun 1999963,17615.942.36$9,032
May 19991213,36015.792.32$9,709
Apr 19991253,26115.102.21$9,088
Mar 19991083,37712.471.84$7,555
Feb 19991053,1199.981.82$6,718
Jan 19991253,54310.381.90$8,029
Dec 19981423,5679.201.77$7,632
Nov 19981493,91310.892.19$10,175
Oct 19981393,97512.421.97$9,554
Sep 19981353,91112.592.08$9,845
Aug 19981773,76611.301.91$9,183
Jul 19981346,68311.742.24$16,525
Jun 19981566,87711.242.24$17,139
May 19982097,89112.622.21$20,048
Apr 19982166,89713.042.51$20,096
Mar 19981466,91412.802.31$17,836
Feb 19981336,83413.952.30$17,568
Jan 19981737,87314.702.15$19,508
Dec 19971747,22616.322.41$20,262
Nov 19971886,61618.193.09$23,852
Oct 19973356,94919.253.15$28,337
Sep 19973867,73917.742.95$29,715
Aug 19971707,09417.862.55$21,160
Jul 19971516,84017.582.25$18,024
Jun 19971456,41417.242.26$16,977
May 19972395,95218.972.31$18,274
Apr 19971545,74817.882.08$14,725
Mar 19971489,15318.951.94$20,554
Feb 19971646,71120.492.21$18,164
Jan 19971027,21623.483.54$27,937
Dec 19961247,33023.32$2,892
Nov 19961727,89721.97$3,779
Oct 19962038,04423.31$4,732
Sep 19961348,16522.22$2,977
Aug 1996937,08120.26$1,884
Jul 1996817,08619.55$1,584
Jun 19961456,82918.73$2,716
May 19961506,39819.43$2,915
Apr 19961946,36021.51$4,173
Mar 19962206,24319.38$4,264
Feb 19961925,43616.98$3,260
Jan 19962326,59917.07$3,960
Dec 19952216,08217.19$3,799
Nov 19951035,85816.00$1,648
Oct 19951316,67715.43$2,021
Sep 19951725,18816.18$2,783
Aug 1995815,64015.92$1,290
Jul 1995895,60215.24$1,356
Jun 19951835,66916.41$3,003
May 19951106,87717.56$1,932
Apr 19951905,77117.73$3,369
Mar 19951936,26716.44$3,173
Feb 19951614,68316.58$2,669
Jan 19951264,00715.92$2,006
Dec 19941655,51915.03$2,480
Nov 19941444,53615.90$2,290
Oct 19941295,37315.58$2,010
Sep 19941115,94915.29$1,697
Aug 19942457,20316.13$3,952
Jul 19943566,31517.56$6,251
Jun 19943343,86017.09$5,708
May 19944629,85215.88$7,337
Apr 199456512,65914.14$7,989
Mar 199461218,53812.46$7,626
Feb 199471023,23712.50$8,875
Jan 199476924,91112.66$9,736
Dec 199365023,66112.33$8,015
Nov 199356619,55814.49$8,201
Oct 199377524,03115.85$12,284
Sep 199378422,65415.03$11,784
Aug 199355919,05215.66$8,754
Jul 199340818,54315.46$6,308
Jun 199340216,51916.79$6,750
May 199333717,78617.68$5,958
Apr 199335917,96618.05$6,480
Mar 199346718,98918.14$8,471
Feb 199348516,25617.90$8,682
Jan 199344124,13716.93$7,466

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
Oil                   25 bbl  × $106.41 =     $2,660
Casinghead gas       698 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $2,126

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Month total                                   $4,786

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/O/24810 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.