WELL · 42-083-33934 · DISTRICT 7
Bell Melvin A #3
Coleman County · Grady Roberts (Morris Sand) field · Vertical
Bell Melvin A #3 (API 42-083-33934) is a plugged well in Coleman County, plugged August 8, 2000, last operated by Bilbo Wireline Service Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 23, 1983, permitted to 4,100 ft.
It was permitted by O-B Oils, Inc. and has since transferred to Bilbo Wireline Service Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Morris Sand, Gray, Ellenburger.
Its 2 leases have reported 9.97K barrels of oil and 48 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2000. The leases carry 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by O-B Oils, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 5, 2002
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bilbo Wireline Service Inc. |
| Production reports | Beta-Tex, AN Oklahoma Corp.through Feb 1997 |
| Latest permit | O-B Oils, Inc.Dec 23, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 23, 1983
- last permit issued
- Jan 14, 1984
- completed
- 9.97K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 48
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2000
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 14, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 8, 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell, Melvin "A" O-8-20609 | Grady Roberts (Morris Sand) | Bilbo Wireline Service, Inc. | 4 | 9.58K | 44 | Jan 1993 – Dec 2000 |
| Porch & Clary "B" O-8-20530 | Grady Roberts (Morris Sand) | Beta-Tex, AN Oklahoma Corp. | 2 | 385 | 4 | Jan 1993 – Jul 1993 |
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.
- 1Beta-Tex, AN Oklahoma Corp.Jan 1993 → Feb 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226379-99 | Drill | O-B Oils, Inc. | Dec 23, 1983 | Dec 23, 1983 | Jan 7, 1984 | 4,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-20530 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-20609 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft |
|---|---|
| Morris Sand | 3,530 |
| Gray | 4,000 |
| Ellenburger | 4,520 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,540 | 3,550 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 200 | 11 | 175 S |
| 4.5 | 4,179 | 7.875 | 250 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 | May 21, 1993 | Jan 24, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Mar 23, 1984 | Jan 24, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Mar 10, 1984 | Jan 24, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-083-33934 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-083-33934 → 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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