WELL · 42-039-31657 · DISTRICT 3

Price J.E. et AL #3

Brazoria County · Rowan NW (Anomalian B) field · Vertical

Price J.E. ET AL #3 (API 42-039-31657) is a well in Brazoria County operated by Howard Douglas J., completed June 7, 1981.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1984, permitted to 10,400 ft.

Its lease has reported 433K barrels of oil and 297K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Howard Douglas J.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 11, 2005 · 20 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Howard Douglas J.
Production reports	STS Petroleum LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Howard, Douglas J.Jul 27, 1984

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

10,400: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 27, 1984: last permit issued
Jun 7, 1981: completed
433K: cumulative oil, bbl
297K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jun 7, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Price, J. E. O-3-17855	Rowan, N. (Frio, Upper 9600)	STS Petroleum LLC	1	433K	297K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 8,943 · prior 12 10,741(-17%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 5,008 · prior 12 5,570(-10%)

Chain of custody

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

1Whiting Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Nov 2003
2Whiting Oil and Gas CorporationDec 2003 → Jun 2023
3STS Petroleum LLCJul 2023 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
246493-99	Recompletion	Howard, Douglas J.	Jul 27, 1984	Jul 27, 1984	—	10,400
109373-99	Drill	K-B Exploration Co.	Feb 24, 1981	Feb 24, 1981	Apr 24, 1981	10,400

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-17855	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,642	9,648	Perforated
9,860	9,866	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	2,331	14.5	1,890 S
2	9,816	—	—
4.5	10,160	8.75	700 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Aug 29, 1984	Aug 6, 1984	—
Aug 24, 1984	Aug 6, 1984	—
Jan 12, 1984	Jun 17, 1981	—

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 42-039-31657 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-039-31657 → 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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