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WELL · 42-041-31527 · DISTRICT 3

Christopher #3 #1

Plugged

Brazos County · Kurten (Buda) field  · Horizontal · Directional · Sidetrack

Christopher #3 #1 (API 42-041-31527) is a plugged horizontal well in Brazos County, plugged February 11, 2022, last operated by RO-JO Inc..

The RRC has issued 6 drilling permits (amended once) between 1991 and 2016, permitted to 10,277 ft.

It was permitted by Northfield Enterprises, Inc. and has since transferred to RO-JO Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Buda, Georgetown, Navarro.

Its 4 leases have reported 141K barrels of oil and 95.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2025. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

RO-JO Inc.

Permitted by Northfield Enterprises, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Highland VLG, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 6, 2002 · 26 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleRO-JO Inc.
Production reportsNorthfield Enterprises, Inc.through Mar 2020
Latest permitNorthfield Enterprises, Inc.Jun 9, 2016

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

10,277
total depth, ft
7
permits on file
Jun 9, 2016
last permit issued
Nov 13, 1991
completed
141K
cumulative oil, bbl
95.4K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 13, 1991
Shut in
—
Plugged
Feb 11, 2022

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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Vista Ridge O-3-24521Giddings (Buda)Northfield Enterprises, Inc.190.4K41.1KOct 2003 – Feb 2025
Christopher #3 O-3-23045Kurten (Austin Chalk)Northfield Enterprises, Inc.12.88K619Jun 1996 – Jul 2022
Christopher #3 O-3-22153Caldwell, NE (Georgetown)Northfield Enterprises, Inc.145.2K51.4KMay 1993 – Apr 2004
Christopher #3 O-3-21261Kurten (Buda)RO-JO, Inc.12.26K2.32KJan 1993 – Dec 1993

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.

  1. 1RO-JO, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 2000
  2. 2BRG Petroleum CorporationApr 2000 → Nov 2000
  3. 3Northfield Enterprises, Inc.Oct 2003 → Mar 2020

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
816092-99RecompletionNorthfield Enterprises, Inc.Jun 6, 2016Jun 9, 2016—8,500
533085-99Recompletion · sidetrackNorthfield Enterprises, Inc.Jun 13, 2003Jun 13, 2003Jun 13, 20039,000
470891-99RecompletionRO-JO, Inc.Dec 5, 1997Dec 19, 1997Dec 22, 19977,978
447625-99RecompletionRO-JO, Inc.Apr 29, 1996May 14, 1996Jun 4, 19968,300
410418-98Recompletion · sidetrackRO-JO, Inc.Apr 20, 1993Apr 1, 1993Apr 10, 199310,277
410418-99Recompletion · sidetrackRO-JO, Inc.Apr 1, 1993Apr 1, 1993—10,277
391441-99DrillRO-JO, Inc.Aug 30, 1991Sep 6, 1991Oct 6, 19918,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-21261————
—— O-3-22153————
—— O-3-23045————
—— O-3-24521————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 305 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin Chalk6,976-6,671
Austin Chalk7,220-6,915
Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK (BASE)7,220-6,915
Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK(BASE07,220-6,915
Buda7,694-7,389
BudaBUDA LIME (TOP)7,694-7,389
BudaBUDA LM.7,694-7,389
BudaBUDA (TOP)7,694-7,389
GeorgetownGEORGETOWN (TOP)7,770-7,465
Georgetown7,792-7,487
GeorgetownGEORGETOWN (TOP)7,792-7,487
Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK - LOST CIRCULATION——
BudaBUDA - PRODUCTION——
GeorgetownGEORGETOWN - PRODUCTION——
NavarroNAVARRO - DISPOSAL——
SpartaSPARTA - DISPOSAL——
WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL——
WoodbineWOODBINE - PRODUCTION——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,2127,228Perforated
7,66010,006Perforated
7,6667,945Perforated
7,66614,545Perforated
8,09210,446Open hole
8,14510,076Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,245——
8.6253,23511927 S
5.57,6667.875250 S
8.625———

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
00Mar 13, 2019Jun 29, 2018—
00May 12, 2004Nov 7, 2003Yes
00Apr 22, 2004Jan 9, 1998—
00Feb 20, 1998Jan 9, 1998—
00Nov 5, 1996Jul 5, 1996Yes
00Sep 18, 1996——
00Oct 11, 1993Jul 6, 1993Yes
00Oct 4, 1993Dec 2, 1991Yes
00Dec 11, 1991Dec 2, 1991Yes
00Dec 9, 1991——

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). 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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