WELL · 42-021-30604 · DISTRICT 1
Bateman (Austin Chalk) Unit #3
Bastrop County · Bateman (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical
Bateman (Austin Chalk) Unit #3 (API 42-021-30604) is a plugged well in Bastrop County, plugged February 19, 2020, last operated by Magnum Oilfield Services LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 18, 1983, permitted to 2,900 ft.
It was permitted by Austra-Tex Oil Company and has since transferred to Magnum Oilfield Services LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Midway, Navarro, Taylor, Austin Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 148K barrels of oil and 98 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 52 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Austra-Tex Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Bakersfield, CA · P-5 Y, filed Jun 29, 2026 · 1 permits on file · (832) 360-3948
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnum Oilfield Services LLC |
| Production reports | Magnum Oilfield Services LLCthrough Nov 2015 |
| Latest permit | Austra-Tex Oil CompanyAug 18, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 18, 1983
- last permit issued
- Feb 17, 1984
- completed
- 148K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 98
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 17, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 19, 2020
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 52 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bateman (Austin Chalk) Unit O-1-8490 | Bateman (Austin Chalk) | Magnum Oilfield Services LLC | 49 | 147K | 87 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Wendland O-1-9509 | Bateman (Austin Chalk) | A.C.T. Operating Company | 3 | 1.02K | 11 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1A.C.T. Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Sep 1998
- 2Rayalto Oil & Gas, Inc.Oct 1998 → Feb 2004
- 3R & S Energy CompanyMar 2004 → Feb 2006
- 4Orbis Operating, LLCMar 2006 → Jan 2007
- 5USA Superior Energy LLCFeb 2007 → Dec 2008
- 6Reserve Oil Technologies, LLCMar 2009 → Nov 2009
- 7Chalker Operating Inc.Feb 2010 → Mar 2013
- 8Foyoro Energy, LLCApr 2013 → Apr 2013
- 9Magnum Oilfield Services LLCJan 2015 → Nov 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 206311-99 | Drill | Austra-Tex Oil Company | Aug 12, 1983 | Aug 18, 1983 | — | 2,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-8490 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-9509 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 462 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Midway | 755 | -293 |
| Navarro | 945 | -483 |
| Taylor | 1,465 | -1,003 |
| Austin ChalkAUSTIN | 2,235 | -1,773 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,235 | 2,490 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 2,557 | 7.875 | 485 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Nov 22, 1993 | Mar 22, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 6, 1984 | Mar 22, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 3, 1984 | Mar 22, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-021-30604 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-021-30604 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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