WELL · 42-071-31686 · DISTRICT 3
Winfree E.H. #3
Chambers County · Barbers Hill field · Vertical
Winfree E.H. #3 (API 42-071-31686) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged September 26, 2018, last operated by Torrent Oil LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 1, 1985, permitted to 3,000 ft.
It was permitted by E-Tex Oil CO. and has since transferred to Torrent Oil LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Ptsd, Dome, Piercement Type Salt.
Its lease has reported 3.67K barrels of oil and 20 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2019. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by E-Tex Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 6 permits on file · (713) 935-2325
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Torrent Oil LLC |
| Production reports | Union Seaboard Corporationthrough Feb 2004 |
| Latest permit | E-Tex Oil Co.Mar 1, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 1, 1985
- last permit issued
- Mar 13, 1985
- completed
- 3.67K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 20
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 13, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 26, 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfree, E.H. O-3-18449 | Barbers Hill | Torrent Oil LLC | 3 | 3.67K | 20 | Jan 1993 – Jan 2019 |
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.
- 1Union Seaboard CorporationJan 1993 → Feb 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268215-99 | Drill | E-Tex Oil Co. | Feb 22, 1985 | Mar 1, 1985 | — | 3,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-18449 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft |
|---|---|
| Ptsd | 2,240 |
| Dome | 2,370 |
| Piercement Type Salt | 2,424 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,424 | 2,430 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 320 | 12.25 | — |
| 4.5 | 2,440 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Apr 25, 1985 | Apr 9, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Apr 20, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-071-31686 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-31686 → 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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