{"name":"Sterling Drilling Company Drilling Activity in Rice County, Kansas","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/sterling-drilling-company/kansas/rice","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-08-06","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Sterling Drilling Company","operatorSlug":"sterling-drilling-company","state":"KS","county":"Rice","totalWells":77,"producingWells":21,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":50,"topFormation":null,"rankInCounty":8,"firstPermitDate":"1955-05-31","lastPermitDate":"1972-12-27"}