WELL · 42-115-31884 · DISTRICT 8
Love W. E. A #3
Dawson County · JO-Mill (Spraberry) field · Vertical
Love W. E. A #3 (API 42-115-31884) is a well in Dawson County operated by Hgn Operating I LLC, completed November 18, 1983.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 1992, permitted to 7,700 ft.
It was permitted by Ard Drilling Company Inc. and has since transferred to Hgn Operating I LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including San Andres, Spraberry.
Its 2 leases have reported 95.1K barrels of oil and 66.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Ard Drilling Company Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 56 permits on file · (325) 668-0220
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | HGN Operating I LLC |
| Production reports | HGN Operating I, LLCthrough Dec 2025 |
| Latest permit | Ard Drilling Company Inc.Jan 9, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,700
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 9, 1992
- last permit issued
- Nov 18, 1983
- completed
- 95.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 66.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 18, 1983
- 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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love, W. E. "A" O-11-63029 | JO-Mill (Spraberry) | HGN Operating I, LLC | 4 | 1 | 109 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Love, W. E. "A" O-11-64488 | Spraberry, Deep | HGN Operating I, LLC | 4 | 95.1K | 66.1K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 546 · prior 12 618(-12%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Ard Drilling Company Inc.Jan 1993 → Aug 1997
- 2HGN Operating Company, Inc.Sep 1997 → Sep 2007
- 3HGN Operating I, LLCOct 2007 → Dec 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 395607-99 | Recompletion | Ard Drilling Company Inc. | Jan 6, 1992 | Jan 9, 1992 | Dec 3, 1991 | 7,625 |
| 216409-99 | Drill | Ard Drilling Company Inc. | Oct 3, 1983 | Oct 6, 1983 | Oct 27, 1983 | 7,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-63029 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-11-64488 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,859 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 3,400 | -541 |
| Spraberry | 6,566 | -3,707 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,618 | 6,697 | Perforated |
| 6,702 | 6,756 | Perforated |
| 7,523 | 7,550 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 300 | 17.5 | 325 S |
| 8.625 | 3,400 | 12.25 | 300 S |
| 2.375 | 7,557 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 7,625 | 7.875 | 525 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 | Feb 5, 1992 | Jan 14, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 17, 1992 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 12, 1983 | — |
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 42-115-31884 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-115-31884 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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