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Willard A #3

Plugged

Burleson County · Inez Jameson (Navarro -A-) field  · Vertical

Willard A #3 (API 42-051-32758) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged October 9, 2002, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 11, 1984, permitted to 4,000 ft.

It was permitted by Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Top Poth, Base Poth.

Its lease has reported 589 barrels of oil and 972 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2003.

Operator of record

Ernest Operating Company

Permitted by Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Rockdale, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Feb 24, 2026
Permits on file
32
Phone
(512) 446-3855

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleErnest Operating Company
Production reportsErnest Operating Companythrough Sep 2002
Latest permitHollub, Lambert Drilling CompanyOct 11, 1984

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

4,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 11, 1984
last permit issued
Feb 8, 1985
completed
589
cumulative oil, bbl
972
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 8, 1985
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 9, 2002

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Willard "A" O-3-18334Inez Jameson (Navarro -A-)Ernest Operating Company1589972Jan 1993 – Jul 2003

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. 1Ernest Operating CompanyFeb 1998 → Aug 2002

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
254205-99DrillHollub, Lambert Drilling CompanyOct 11, 1984Oct 11, 1984—4,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 8, 1985Willard A O-3-18334Inez Jameson (Navarro -A-)Ernest Operating CompanyPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 384 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxBASE WILCOX2,505-2,121
Top Poth2,552-2,168
Base Poth2,770-2,386

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,3203,365Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62516912.25115 S
4.53,4057.875600 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
00Mar 13, 1985Feb 22, 1985—
00Mar 7, 1985——

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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