STERLING "U" FEE

Name: STERLING "U" FEE lease production and value, Jan 1993 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, SW (PENN) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 27154District 08Field 20101500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSave Export

Value, all time

$1.9 M

Jan 1993 – Nov 2008

Value, last 12 filed months

$87 k

at the published price for each month

Months reported

191

no gaps in the span

Streams

oil, casinghead gas

The CONGER, SW (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 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.

Programme	Filings	With an approval date	Dated	Docket
NGPA	10	none	—	—

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.

Stream	Basis	Volume	Value
Oil	Disposition	26,152 bbl	$475,814
Casinghead gas	Production	913,534 Mcf	$1,385,347
Total			$1,861,161

594,623 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 (10)

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 31.7124, -101.2566. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.8 miles.

31.71208, -101.25626 · 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%

10 of 10 wells

With a plug date

10.0%

1 of 10 wells

Median depth

8,440 ft

10 wells filed one

Completion to plug

8 months

median over 1 well

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule

10100.0%

A plug date is filed

110.0%

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

110.0%

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

Total depth in feet, 10 of 10 wells. Median 8,440 ft, with the middle half between 8,405 and 8,493 ft; the shallowest is 7,860 ft and the deepest 8,550 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, 10 of 10 wells, Apr 1991 – Aug 2014. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed

Apr 1991 – Aug 2014

10 of 10 wells

Plug dates filed

Jun 2014

1 of 10 wells; 9 filed none

Last completion to plug: a median of 8 months across the 1 well that filed both dates, with the middle half between 8 months and 8 months. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

10 wells


42-43131587	3	7,860 ft	Aug 2014	—	Yes
42-43132487	6	8,420 ft	Jan 2014	—	Yes
42-43132486	5	8,550 ft	Oct 2013	Jun 2014	Yes
42-43131098	1	8,440 ft	Oct 2010	—	Yes
42-43131419	2	8,400 ft	Mar 2004	—	Yes
42-43132668	10	8,440 ft	Oct 1993	—	Yes
42-43132667	9	8,440 ft	Aug 1993	—	Yes
42-43132490	8	8,535 ft	Oct 1992	—	Yes
42-43132488	7	8,510 ft	Sep 1992	—	Yes
42-43132193	4	8,400 ft	Apr 1991	—	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 (191)

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

191 months


Nov 2008	0	0	55.49	6.86	$0
Oct 2008	0	0	75.24	6.92	$0
Sep 2008	0	0	101.76	7.88	$0
Aug 2008	0	0	114.22	8.48	$0
Jul 2008	2	1,189	131.08	11.39	$13,804
Jun 2008	3	1,060	131.33	13.03	$14,209
May 2008	4	996	123.17	11.57	$12,021
Apr 2008	3	1,005	110.31	10.45	$10,838
Mar 2008	3	945	101.90	9.66	$9,438
Feb 2008	5	965	92.53	8.77	$8,926
Jan 2008	6	1,071	90.38	8.21	$9,331
Dec 2007	5	1,098	88.33	7.30	$8,459
Nov 2007	5	1,072	91.67	7.29	$8,275
Oct 2007	3	1,052	82.85	6.92	$7,530
Sep 2007	7	1,029	75.84	6.24	$6,956
Aug 2007	9	1,068	69.06	6.39	$7,444
Jul 2007	12	1,147	70.90	6.39	$8,178
Jun 2007	13	1,136	62.00	7.55	$9,381
May 2007	18	1,188	58.74	7.85	$10,379
Apr 2007	39	1,116	59.61	7.81	$11,035
Mar 2007	38	1,120	56.92	7.30	$10,341
Feb 2007	19	1,069	55.10	8.22	$9,830
Jan 2007	6	1,198	50.30	6.73	$8,361
Dec 2006	9	1,316	56.65	6.92	$9,615
Nov 2006	11	1,113	54.20	7.62	$9,074
Oct 2006	9	1,206	54.90	6.01	$7,747
Sep 2006	16	1,209	60.08	5.04	$7,051
Aug 2006	12	1,299	68.71	7.34	$10,359
Jul 2006	22	1,323	69.37	6.34	$9,918
Jun 2006	44	1,308	66.28	6.38	$11,266
May 2006	34	1,458	66.01	6.42	$11,612
Apr 2006	39	1,323	64.39	7.36	$12,249
Mar 2006	34	1,349	56.70	7.08	$11,483
Feb 2006	35	1,096	57.59	7.75	$10,511
Jan 2006	35	1,129	60.59	8.93	$12,206
Dec 2005	32	959	54.94	13.42	$14,623
Nov 2005	37	1,159	54.69	10.59	$14,295
Oct 2005	73	1,365	58.34	13.80	$23,090
Sep 2005	74	1,419	61.45	12.08	$21,687
Aug 2005	7	1,398	61.51	9.80	$14,127
Jul 2005	8	1,307	55.69	7.84	$10,697
Jun 2005	7	1,283	52.33	7.38	$9,836
May 2005	13	1,312	45.22	6.65	$9,314
Apr 2005	12	1,345	49.20	7.36	$10,490
Mar 2005	18	2,794	50.37	7.15	$20,897
Feb 2005	12	1,278	45.22	6.31	$8,609
Jan 2005	20	1,493	43.16	6.32	$10,302
Dec 2004	14	1,500	39.86	6.75	$10,685
Nov 2004	22	1,430	45.28	6.33	$10,049
Oct 2004	18	1,424	49.70	6.52	$10,172
Sep 2004	21	1,426	43.24	5.28	$8,443
Aug 2004	17	1,480	42.37	5.55	$8,935
Jul 2004	11	1,438	38.28	6.08	$9,170
Jun 2004	14	1,443	36.10	6.43	$9,788
May 2004	23	1,449	37.48	6.49	$10,273
Apr 2004	32	1,438	34.47	5.86	$9,528
Mar 2004	37	1,998	34.36	5.53	$12,321
Feb 2004	27	1,898	32.45	5.51	$11,333
Jan 2004	22	2,038	32.03	6.30	$13,543
Dec 2003	23	2,201	30.26	6.30	$14,566
Nov 2003	24	2,141	28.80	4.60	$10,529
Oct 2003	14	2,113	28.17	4.76	$10,452
Sep 2003	12	2,049	26.31	4.75	$10,047
Aug 2003	9	2,167	29.76	5.13	$11,384
Jul 2003	12	2,365	29.41	5.17	$12,582
Jun 2003	11	2,302	28.56	5.98	$14,087
May 2003	11	2,316	26.59	5.97	$14,125
Apr 2003	10	2,460	26.67	5.41	$13,569
Mar 2003	10	2,640	31.14	6.10	$16,405
Feb 2003	16	2,377	33.48	7.93	$19,376
Jan 2003	19	2,429	30.31	5.58	$14,135
Dec 2002	18	2,298	26.91	4.85	$11,638
Nov 2002	14	2,331	24.66	4.14	$9,988
Oct 2002	17	2,192	26.46	4.23	$9,720
Sep 2002	16	2,105	27.44	3.64	$8,091
Aug 2002	7	2,233	25.96	3.16	$7,247
Jul 2002	5	2,403	24.58	3.06	$7,480
Jun 2002	12	2,287	23.73	3.34	$7,919
May 2002	11	2,335	24.66	3.58	$8,640
Apr 2002	18	2,264	23.65	3.51	$8,378
Mar 2002	20	2,457	22.00	3.10	$8,063
Feb 2002	26	2,553	18.22	2.38	$6,539
Jan 2002	30	2,817	17.17	2.38	$7,207
Dec 2001	35	2,906	16.93	2.36	$7,464
Nov 2001	29	2,638	18.07	2.41	$6,870
Oct 2001	11	2,681	19.78	2.53	$6,998
Sep 2001	14	2,627	24.26	2.25	$6,254
Aug 2001	25	2,880	24.87	3.05	$9,415
Jul 2001	26	2,985	23.93	3.20	$10,165
Jun 2001	27	2,759	24.56	3.82	$11,214
May 2001	44	3,062	25.52	4.31	$14,312
Apr 2001	49	2,970	24.68	5.34	$17,055
Mar 2001	49	3,053	24.54	5.38	$17,617
Feb 2001	47	2,857	27.75	5.77	$17,781
Jan 2001	59	3,234	27.47	8.40	$28,782
Dec 2000	56	3,169	26.88	9.12	$30,414
Nov 2000	58	2,941	32.21	5.66	$18,508
Oct 2000	54	3,079	31.23	5.15	$17,529
Sep 2000	28	3,064	31.87	5.19	$16,784
Aug 2000	41	3,224	29.64	4.54	$15,855
Jul 2000	40	3,294	28.53	4.09	$14,613
Jun 2000	56	3,216	29.30	4.40	$15,782
May 2000	72	3,556	27.26	3.68	$15,048
Apr 2000	89	3,528	24.51	3.12	$13,175
Mar 2000	102	3,699	28.42	2.86	$13,477
Feb 2000	124	3,356	27.62	2.73	$12,575
Jan 2000	107	3,418	25.27	2.48	$11,182
Dec 1999	106	3,465	24.28	2.42	$10,972
Nov 1999	137	3,450	23.19	2.43	$11,574
Oct 1999	151	3,609	20.98	2.80	$13,287
Sep 1999	133	3,434	21.75	2.62	$11,886
Aug 1999	155	3,602	19.26	2.88	$13,343
Jul 1999	96	3,734	17.89	2.37	$10,576
Jun 1999	103	3,589	15.94	2.36	$10,119
May 1999	104	2,941	15.79	2.32	$8,468
Apr 1999	85	2,835	15.10	2.21	$7,543
Mar 1999	65	2,952	12.47	1.84	$6,237
Feb 1999	62	2,749	9.98	1.82	$5,616
Jan 1999	66	3,176	10.38	1.90	$6,719
Dec 1998	70	2,962	9.20	1.77	$5,897
Nov 1998	62	2,923	10.89	2.19	$7,064
Oct 1998	51	2,984	12.42	1.97	$6,510
Sep 1998	47	2,759	12.59	2.08	$6,338
Aug 1998	78	3,467	11.30	1.91	$7,494
Jul 1998	56	3,392	11.74	2.24	$8,246
Jun 1998	62	3,305	11.24	2.24	$8,091
May 1998	70	2,369	12.62	2.21	$6,110
Apr 1998	89	2,679	13.04	2.51	$7,872
Mar 1998	61	2,477	12.80	2.31	$6,501
Feb 1998	56	3,042	13.95	2.30	$7,775
Jan 1998	79	3,469	14.70	2.15	$8,636
Dec 1997	73	3,361	16.32	2.41	$9,295
Nov 1997	61	2,822	18.19	3.09	$9,825
Oct 1997	29	2,940	19.25	3.15	$9,819
Sep 1997	45	2,746	17.74	2.95	$8,912
Aug 1997	50	2,564	17.86	2.55	$7,443
Jul 1997	61	3,214	17.58	2.25	$8,294
Jun 1997	80	3,105	17.24	2.26	$8,388
May 1997	72	3,748	18.97	2.31	$10,018
Apr 1997	83	4,265	17.88	2.08	$10,367
Mar 1997	63	4,349	18.95	1.94	$9,627
Feb 1997	39	4,098	20.49	2.21	$9,839
Jan 1997	43	4,577	23.48	3.54	$17,211
Dec 1996	34	4,724	23.32	—	$793
Nov 1996	46	4,539	21.97	—	$1,011
Oct 1996	49	4,744	23.31	—	$1,142
Sep 1996	45	4,827	22.22	—	$1,000
Aug 1996	51	4,867	20.26	—	$1,033
Jul 1996	40	4,998	19.55	—	$782
Jun 1996	41	4,898	18.73	—	$768
May 1996	33	3,564	19.43	—	$641
Apr 1996	38	3,484	21.51	—	$817
Mar 1996	41	3,634	19.38	—	$795
Feb 1996	52	3,927	16.98	—	$883
Jan 1996	54	3,811	17.07	—	$922
Dec 1995	66	4,216	17.19	—	$1,135
Nov 1995	44	3,128	16.00	—	$704
Oct 1995	71	5,567	15.43	—	$1,096
Sep 1995	56	4,429	16.18	—	$906
Aug 1995	103	6,804	15.92	—	$1,640
Jul 1995	128	8,853	15.24	—	$1,951
Jun 1995	116	8,080	16.41	—	$1,904
May 1995	157	8,707	17.56	—	$2,757
Apr 1995	64	10,083	17.73	—	$1,135
Mar 1995	148	8,835	16.44	—	$2,433
Feb 1995	123	10,365	16.58	—	$2,039
Jan 1995	173	11,147	15.92	—	$2,754
Dec 1994	187	10,859	15.03	—	$2,811
Nov 1994	169	10,617	15.90	—	$2,687
Oct 1994	191	11,663	15.58	—	$2,976
Sep 1994	197	10,927	15.29	—	$3,012
Aug 1994	213	12,527	16.13	—	$3,436
Jul 1994	130	12,528	17.56	—	$2,283
Jun 1994	113	11,371	17.09	—	$1,931
May 1994	317	7,121	15.88	—	$5,034
Apr 1994	565	22,507	14.14	—	$7,989
Mar 1994	744	23,022	12.46	—	$9,270
Feb 1994	764	22,685	12.50	—	$9,550
Jan 1994	955	24,384	12.66	—	$12,090
Dec 1993	933	28,327	12.33	—	$11,504
Nov 1993	1,218	29,234	14.49	—	$17,649
Oct 1993	1,248	25,577	15.85	—	$19,781
Sep 1993	1,136	24,398	15.03	—	$17,074
Aug 1993	1,934	24,027	15.66	—	$30,286
Jul 1993	893	20,047	15.46	—	$13,806
Jun 1993	819	18,360	16.79	—	$13,751
May 1993	968	20,384	17.68	—	$17,114
Apr 1993	1,068	22,008	18.05	—	$19,277
Mar 1993	1,283	22,363	18.14	—	$23,274
Feb 1993	1,272	18,713	17.90	—	$22,769
Jan 1993	1,641	18,743	16.93	—	$27,782

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.

Jul 2008 — as filed, then multipliedworked

Oil                    2 bbl  × $131.08 =       $262
Casinghead gas     1,189 Mcf  × $ 11.39 =    $13,542

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Month total                                  $13,804

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/27154 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.