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Sterling County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

Sterling County, Texas reported 357,652 barrels of oil and condensate and 4,724,200 mcf of gas in 2025, from 49 operators on 938 leases. Reported lease production 1993 to 2026.

Annual production

Sum of monthly lease reports (PDQ) for this county. Oil and condensate in barrels; gas and casinghead gas in mcf.

Year	Oil	Condensate	Gas	Casinghead
2026	178,808	17,380	1,068,174	1,448,107
2025	329,223	28,429	1,894,084	2,830,116
2024	367,148	29,269	1,867,610	3,233,300
2023	420,156	32,842	1,992,209	3,496,911
2022	443,441	24,581	2,081,971	3,906,130
2021	499,876	20,014	2,103,248	4,240,202
2020	549,045	21,244	2,058,754	4,248,654
2019	670,624	23,318	2,344,344	5,067,152
2018	727,894	25,671	2,558,598	5,726,388
2017	818,956	27,172	2,723,358	6,241,847
2016	921,441	26,710	2,705,260	6,576,746
2015	1,144,320	27,556	2,741,693	7,511,983
2014	1,527,480	25,639	2,921,012	8,461,285
2013	1,306,545	23,847	3,116,432	7,772,919
2012	1,196,329	23,556	3,386,863	7,545,424
2011	1,050,605	24,888	3,568,030	7,114,675
2010	1,051,973	32,838	4,089,131	7,534,077
2009	1,144,521	36,473	4,608,458	8,036,692
2008	1,044,080	43,483	5,117,177	8,251,962
2007	1,168,448	52,139	5,714,829	8,397,674
2006	1,111,719	67,360	6,358,317	9,575,543
2005	1,178,944	83,004	6,859,792	10,017,843
2004	985,200	100,219	7,589,545	10,509,717
2003	985,441	71,439	8,079,765	11,001,461
2002	973,350	86,150	9,252,168	11,193,813
2001	1,009,727	107,108	9,506,552	11,911,569
2000	1,006,275	105,722	9,691,581	13,318,476
1999	1,077,679	107,290	10,782,513	15,001,482
1998	1,270,728	110,344	12,052,300	17,157,635
1997	1,439,932	111,583	12,469,221	18,521,186
1996	1,430,054	130,930	13,571,581	18,866,687
1995	1,665,325	157,726	15,540,503	23,501,381
1994	2,027,459	147,276	15,709,215	31,316,696
1993	2,570,041	88,386	15,935,163	39,395,356

Top operators in Sterling County, 2025

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent (6 mcf of gas = 1 barrel).

#	Operator	Oil and condensate (bbl)	Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1	BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	113,969	2,848,823
2	OWL OPS LLC	40,904	416,647
3	P1 ENERGY, LLC	24,525	336,458
4	MORIAH OPERATING,LLC	18,025	235,824
5	ATROPOS PRODUCTION CORPORATION	1,730	253,133
6	TREK RESOURCES, INC.	4,744	162,064
7	KEK EXPLORATION LLC	28,870	512
8	GILSTRAP, JOEL	17,192	0
9	BLACK RIVER OPERATING LLC	15,058	0
10	BLUE STAR NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC	5,795	45,738
11	BURGUNDY OIL & GAS, INC.	1,242	70,503
12	QUAIL RIDGE PETROLEUM LLC	8,333	22,389
13	BURLESON PETROLEUM, INC.	4,901	36,427
14	VITAL ENERGY, INC.	7,738	18,128
15	BOLDING ENERGY, LLC	546	60,501
16	KING ENERGY RESOURCES	8,344	6,980
17	NEW HEIGHT ENERGY, LLC	8,100	909
18	SOUTHWEST ROYALTIES, INC.	2,135	30,615
19	MAVERICK OPERATING, LLC	6,191	3,724
20	WINN OPERATING, LLC	5,819	2,393
21	PIMA ENERGY, LLC	1,639	27,167
22	TALL DUNE RESOURCES, LLC	2,277	17,189
23	BASA RESOURCES, INC.	461	25,154
24	LONE TREE OIL & GAS LLC	2,609	11,413
25	FIESTA ENERGY LLC	2,198	9,049

Top leases in Sterling County, 2025

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent (6 mcf of gas = 1 barrel).

#	Lease	Oil and condensate (bbl)	Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1	HILDEBRAND BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	8,657	245,750
2	H & H RANCH MORIAH OPERATING,LLC	11,650	136,734
3	STROMAN RANCH OWL OPS LLC	11,463	106,380
4	VIRGINIA CITY COLE OWL OPS LLC	5,372	91,403
5	CLARK, L. C. GILSTRAP, JOEL	16,133	0
6	HORWOOD MORIAH OPERATING,LLC	4,439	66,902
7	MCENTIRE B OWL OPS LLC	2,777	64,138
8	BETTY GLASS 42 BLUE STAR NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC	5,795	45,738
9	MCENTIRE OWL OPS LLC	4,069	55,893
10	GLASS BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	2,117	66,118
11	GLASS "G" BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	1,423	68,489
12	COLE RANCHES OWL OPS LLC	4,532	41,795
13	BARBEE, B.H. JR. '52' BURLESON PETROLEUM, INC.	4,901	36,427
14	MERCER-B- VITAL ENERGY, INC.	7,738	18,128
15	GLASS "I" BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	472	61,280
16	STERLING 'X' FEE BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	5,888	25,037
17	GRIGSBY BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	0	59,992
18	STERLING "E" FEE BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	6,827	15,877
19	ALLEIN "A" BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	475	50,474
20	TERRY, I. W. P1 ENERGY, LLC	5,264	21,338
21	STERLING 'T' FEE BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	7,130	9,877
22	GRIGSBY, MATTIE BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	766	47,646
23	GLASS "B" BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	714	45,266
24	PFLUGER -A- P1 ENERGY, LLC	1,336	41,188
25	GLASS "A" BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.	1,328	41,135

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SELECT *, count(*) OVER () AS total FROM (SELECT CASE WHEN regexp_full_match(trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)), '[0-9]{6}') THEN trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)) END AS id, any_value(trim(OPERATOR_NAME)) AS name, coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_OIL_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) + coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_COND_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) AS oil, coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_GAS_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) + coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_CSGD_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) AS gas FROM pdq.og_county_lease_cycle WHERE COUNTY_NO = '431' AND CYCLE_YEAR_MONTH__num BETWEEN 202501 AND 202512 AND CASE WHEN regexp_full_match(trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)), '[0-9]{6}') THEN trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)) END IS NOT NULL GROUP BY 1) WHERE oil + gas > 0 ORDER BY oil + gas / 6 DESC, name LIMIT 25

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Source: Texas Railroad Commission public data, snapshot 1f533f6fadcf.