WELL · 42-051-30966 · DISTRICT 3
Patterson B #3
Burleson County · Stone City (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical
Patterson B #3 (API 42-051-30966) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged September 20, 2000, last operated by Smith Brothers Oil & Gas Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 26, 1980, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Geodynamics Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Smith Brothers Oil & Gas Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 25.4K barrels of oil and 121K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2001. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Geodynamics Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 5, 2004 · 2 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Brothers Oil & Gas Inc. |
| Production reports | Smith Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc.through Apr 2000 |
| Latest permit | Geodynamics Oil & Gas, Inc.Aug 26, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 26, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jan 9, 1981
- completed
- 25.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 121K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 9, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 20, 2000
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; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson "B" O-3-13088 | Stone City (Austin Chalk) | Smith Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc. | 3 | 25.4K | 121K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2001 |
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.
- 1Santa FE Energy Resources, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
- 2Bridge Oil Company, L. P.Apr 1994 → Sep 1994
- 3Parker & Parsley Development L.POct 1994 → Jan 1995
- 4Parker & Parsley Producing L.P.Feb 1995 → May 1996
- 5Costilla Petroleum CorporationJun 1996 → Jan 1997
- 6Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Mar 1999
- 7Petra Oleum Corp.Apr 1999 → Mar 2000
- 8Smith Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc.Apr 2000 → Apr 2000
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90946-99 | Drill | Geodynamics Oil & Gas, Inc. | Aug 26, 1980 | Aug 26, 1980 | — | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-13088 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,486 | 7,560 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 3,410 | 11 | 1,250 S |
| 2.375 | 7,421 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 7,670 | 7.875 | 550 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 16, 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 42-051-30966 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-30966 → 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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