WELL · 42-051-31253 · DISTRICT 3
Bird #3
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Bird #3 (API 42-051-31253) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged August 16, 2000, last operated by Rme Petroleum Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 31, 1980, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Columbia Gas Development Corp. and has since transferred to Rme Petroleum Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.62K barrels of oil and 38.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 2001. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Columbia Gas Development Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 19, 2002
- Permits on file
- 512
- Phone
- (832) 601-3130
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Rme Petroleum Company |
| Production reports | Union Pacific Resources Companythrough Oct 1998 |
| Latest permit | Columbia Gas Development Corp.Dec 31, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 31, 1980
- last permit issued
- Mar 7, 1981
- completed
- 3.62K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 38.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 7, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 16, 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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird O-3-12447 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Rme Petroleum Company | 2 | 3.62K | 38.3K | Jan 1993 – Apr 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.
- 1Columbia Gas Development Corp.Jan 1993 → Apr 1996
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyJun 1996 → Oct 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104299-99 | Drill | Columbia Gas Development Corp. | Dec 31, 1980 | Dec 31, 1980 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-12447 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,984 | 8,184 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,935 | 12.25 | 1,300 S |
| 2.875 | 7,935 | — | — |
| 7 | 8,265 | 8.75 | 515 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 | Mar 12, 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 42-051-31253 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-31253 → 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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