WELL · 42-079-33355 · DISTRICT 8
Howard Johnson Unit 38-39 #3H
Cochran County · Sable (San Andres) field · Horizontal
Howard Johnson Unit 38-39 #3H (API 42-079-33355) is a horizontal well in Cochran County operated by Delray Oil Inc., completed November 11, 2017.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 24, 2017, permitted to 6,200 ft.
It was permitted by Element Petroleum OP Iii, LLC and has since transferred to Delray Oil Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Santa Rosa, Rustler, Tansill, Yates.
Its 2 leases have reported 25.4K barrels of oil and 32.8K mcf of gas since November 2017, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Element Petroleum OP III, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 665 permits on file · (210) 260-9491
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Delray Oil Inc. |
| Production reports | Delray Oil, Inc.through Nov 2025 |
| Latest permit | Element Petroleum OP III, LLCMar 24, 2017 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 24, 2017
- last permit issued
- Nov 11, 2017
- completed
- 25.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 32.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2017 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 11, 2017
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Johnson Unit 38-39 O-11-71056 | Platang (San Andres) | Delray Oil, Inc. | 1 | 2.49K | 2.39K | Jun 2020 – Jul 2026 |
| Howard Johnson Unit 38-39 O-11-70746 | Sable (San Andres) | Delray Oil, Inc. | 1 | 22.9K | 30.5K | Nov 2017 – Nov 2020 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 640 · prior 12 438(+46%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Element Petroleum OP III, LLCNov 2017 → Aug 2019
- 2Delray Oil, Inc.Oct 2019 → Nov 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 824340-99 | Drill | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Mar 9, 2017 | Mar 24, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 | 6,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-70746 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-11-71056 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,806 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Santa RosaRED BED-SANTA ROSA | 1,100 | 2,706 |
| Rustler | 2,377 | 1,429 |
| Tansill | 2,961 | 845 |
| Yates | 3,038 | 768 |
| Seven Rivers | 3,248 | 558 |
| Queen | 3,787 | 19 |
| Grayburg | 4,132 | -326 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - ACTIVE CO2 FLOOD; H | 4,361 | -555 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | — | — |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,649 | 11,919 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,397 | 12.25 | 890 S |
| 5.5 | 12,047 | 8.75 | 2,965 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 | Sep 10, 2020 | Sep 13, 2018 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 16, 2018 | Sep 13, 2018 | Yes |
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 42-079-33355 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-079-33355 → 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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