WELL · 42-049-31516 · DISTRICT 7
Kelly J. L. #3
Brown County · Brown County Regular field · Vertical
Kelly J. L. #3 (API 42-049-31516) is a well in Brown County operated by R & L Producing CO. Inc., completed October 29, 1977.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 7, 1977, permitted to 2,425 ft.
It was permitted by Durham, W. M. JR. and has since transferred to R & L Producing CO. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its 3 leases have reported 1.36K barrels of oil and 95.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Durham, W. M. Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Hamilton, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 5, 1998 · 11 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | R & L Producing Co. Inc. |
| Production reports | Otex LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Durham, W. M. Jr.Sep 7, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,425
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 7, 1977
- last permit issued
- Oct 29, 1977
- completed
- 1.36K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 95.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 29, 1977
- 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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly, J. L. O-8-29416 | Brown County Regular | Otex LLC | 3 | 1.16K | 56.8K | May 2004 – Jul 2026 |
| Kelly, J. L. G-8-152780 | Brown County Regular | O Hill Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 22.2K | Jan 1995 – Apr 2007 |
| Kelly, J. L. O-8-158 | Brown County Regular | R & L Producing Co., Inc. | 4 | 193 | 16.5K | Jan 1993 – Apr 1997 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,429 · prior 12 655(+118%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 25 · prior 12 53(-53%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1R & L Producing Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 1997
- 2O Hill Enterprises, Inc.Dec 1997 → Apr 2012
- 3Subsurface Production, Inc.May 2012 → Jul 2016
- 4Otex LLCAug 2016 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7013-99 | Drill | Durham, W. M. Jr. | Sep 7, 1977 | Sep 7, 1977 | Sep 23, 1977 | 2,425 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-8-152780 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-158 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-29416 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,264 | 2,336 | Perforated |
| — | 2,336 | Perforated |
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 | Mar 27, 2007 | Jul 3, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Nov 28, 2006 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 21, 1995 | Jan 23, 1995 | — |
| 00 | Feb 13, 1995 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-049-31516 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-31516 → 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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