Texas county · RRC district 08
Sterling County
Sterling County reported 352,565 barrels of oil and 4.4 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 109th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #109 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 891of 1,193 on record
- Operators
- 43
- Fields
- 50
- Top operator
- Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.
Own minerals in Sterling County?
Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 4,442,186 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 1,193
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Sterling County
Oil output in Sterling County fell 6% over the last 12 months
353k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 377k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 46.6k bbl.
Gas output in Sterling County fell 7% over the last 12 months
4.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 559k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query, county totals of every lease. Reported through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026. The newest month is often revised as operators file late.
Leases
The biggest leases in Sterling County
14,997bbl oil−9% on the year before
14,021bbl oil+117% on the year before
11,000bbl oil+72% on the year before
10,867bbl oil−10% on the year before
10,568bbl oil−12% on the year before
7,920bbl oil−10% on the year before
7,085bbl oil−1% on the year before
6,787bbl oil−1% on the year before
6,417bbl oil+10% on the year before
6,308bbl oil+1% on the year before
6,264bbl oil−8% on the year before
6,199bbl oilno full prior year
6,178bbl oil−8% on the year before
5,554bbl oil+30% on the year before
5,441bbl oil−14% on the year before
5,364bbl oil−32% on the year before
5,194bbl oil−31% on the year before
5,128bbl oil−1% on the year before
4,943bbl oil−10% on the year before
4,903bbl oil+4% on the year before
4,893bbl oilno full prior year
4,131bbl oil−13% on the year before
3,906bbl oil−17% on the year before
3,731bbl oil−25% on the year before
3,656bbl oil−27% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 891 producing leases).
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Sterling County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Sterling County, by oil
Burk Royalty Co. leads
- Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.477 producing leases here104kbbl
- Owl Ops LLC18 producing leases here38.5kbbl
- Kek Exploration LLC17 producing leases here36.6kbbl
- P1 Energy, LLC84 producing leases here26.3kbbl
- Moriah Operating,llc4 producing leases here16.7kbbl
- Gilstrap, Joel3 producing leases here16kbbl
- Black River Operating LLC10 producing leases here14.7kbbl
- Surge Solutions, Inc.1 producing lease here14kbbl
Fields in Sterling County, by oil
Spraberry (Trend Area) leads
- Spraberry (Trend Area)120 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 8528030084.5kbbl
- Garden City, S. (Wolfcamp)25 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 3399850069.3kbbl
- Conger (Penn)470 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 2009770042.4kbbl
- Renderbrook Creek (Miss)3 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 7588040016kbbl
- Clark (San Andres)2 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 1859366615kbbl
- Cope1 producing lease here · District 7C · Field 2048200114kbbl
- Jameson (Strawn)29 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 4558066611.2kbbl
- Herrell, East (Queen Sand)5 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 407525009,398bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Sterling County
No drilling permits in Sterling County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Sterling County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 109 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 891
- Operators
- 43
If you inherited mineral rights in Sterling County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., among 43 operators with producing leases.
Each lease has a name, a Railroad Commission district and a lease number. Your check stub prints them, or a version of them. Search the name on your stub, open the lease, and compare the “oil sold” and “gas sold” volumes for the month with the barrels and mcf on your stub.
We hold 1,193 leases in Sterling County, of which 891 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.