WELL · 42-051-32586 · DISTRICT 3

Gardner #3H

Plugged

Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field  · Horizontal · Sidetrack

Gardner #3H (API 42-051-32586) is a plugged horizontal well in Burleson County, plugged February 25, 1997, last operated by Torch Operating Company.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1983 and 1990, permitted to 12,000 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford.

Its lease has reported 7.31K barrels of oil and 184K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 1997. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Torch Operating Company

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Nov 22, 2000
Permits on file
234
Phone
(713) 753-1527

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleTorch Operating Company
Production reportsTorch Operating Companythrough Nov 1995
Latest permitTorch Operating CompanyJul 11, 1990
12,000
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jul 11, 1990
last permit issued
Nov 26, 1990
completed
7.31K
cumulative oil, bbl
184K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 26, 1990
Shut in
—
Plugged
Feb 25, 1997

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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Gardner O-3-15553Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)Torch Operating Company57.31K184KJan 1993 – Jun 1997

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. 1Torch Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Nov 1995

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
375429-98Recompletion · sidetrackTorch Operating CompanyJan 24, 1991Jul 11, 1990Jul 15, 199010,972
375429-99Recompletion · sidetrackTorch Operating CompanyJul 11, 1990Jul 11, 1990—12,000
218935-99DrillPolk & Patton, Inc.Dec 30, 1983Oct 26, 1983—10,065

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-15553————
—— O-3-15553————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 258 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin Chalk9,670-9,412
Austin Chalk9,695-9,437
Eagle Ford10,050-9,792

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,67010,050Perforated
9,76010,972Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.754,01313.51,500 S
79,6228.75—
79,6319.875444 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jul 9, 1991Dec 12, 1990Yes
00Jun 25, 1991——
00Apr 26, 1984Jan 3, 1984—
00Apr 20, 1984Jan 3, 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.

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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