WELL · 42-003-03609 · DISTRICT 8

Deford Unit a/C #2 #3

Plugged

Andrews County · Andrews (Wolfcamp-Penn.) field  · Vertical

Deford Unit A/C #2 #3 (API 42-003-03609) is a plugged well in Andrews County, plugged June 28, 1996, last operated by Morningstar Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 9, 1990, permitted to 12,662 ft.

It was permitted by Union Oil Company Of California and has since transferred to Morningstar Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Canyon, Strawn, Atoka, Woodford.

Its 3 leases have reported 136K barrels of oil and 224K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 11 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Morningstar Operating LLC

Permitted by Union Oil Company of California; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Fort Worth, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Feb 18, 2026
Permits on file
12
Phone
(817) 334-8096

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMorningstar Operating LLC
Production reportsMorningstar Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitUnion Oil Company of CaliforniaJul 9, 1990

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

12,662
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jul 9, 1990
last permit issued
Oct 19, 1995
completed
136K
cumulative oil, bbl
224K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 19, 1995
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 28, 1996

Surface location

No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 11 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Deford Unit a/C #2 O-10-34692Andrews (Wolfcamp-Penn.)Morningstar Operating LLC493.7K155KOct 1995 – Jul 2026
Deford Unit O-10-11321Andrews (Wolfcamp)Union Oil Company of California442.5K69.1KJan 1993 – Dec 1995
Deford Unit a/C #2 O-10-11262Andrews (Pennsylvanian)Union Oil Company of California3283384Jan 1993 – Oct 1995

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,662 · prior 12 2,032(-18%)

0100200300202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 6,487 · prior 12 9,705(-33%)

01K2K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Union Oil Company of CaliforniaJan 1993 → May 2000
  2. 2Pure Resources, L.P.Jun 2000 → Mar 2006
  3. 3Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.Apr 2006 → Dec 2021
  4. 4Morningstar Partners, L.P.Jan 2022 → Apr 2022
  5. 5Morningstar Operating LLCMay 2022 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
375342-99RecompletionUnion Oil Company of CaliforniaJul 9, 1990Jul 9, 1990Jul 24, 199012,662

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-11262————
—— O-10-11321————
—— O-10-34692————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →

FormationMD ft
CanyonLOWER CANYON9,440
Strawn9,564
Atoka9,855
Woodford10,567
Devonian10,619

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,5679,004Perforated
9,0219,128Perforated
9,4609,491Perforated
9,5419,588Perforated
9,5879,847Perforated
12,54712,560Perforated
—8,564Perforated
—9,013Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37540017.25450 S
13.375400—450 S
9.6255,00012.253,425 S
9.6255,000—3,425 S

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Aug 23, 1996Dec 14, 1995—
00Oct 26, 1995May 10, 1991Yes
00Jul 12, 1991May 10, 1991Yes
00Jun 28, 1991May 10, 1991Yes
00Jan 12, 1984——

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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