WELL · 42-123-31182 · DISTRICT 2
Lang Paul #3
DE Witt County · Holly East (Massive) field · Vertical
Lang Paul #3 (API 42-123-31182) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged July 16, 2004, last operated by Extex Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 23, 1981, permitted to 13,500 ft.
It was permitted by Energy Reserves Group, Inc. and has since transferred to Extex Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yegua, Wilcox, Machank, Massive.
Its lease has reported 44.5K barrels of oil and 61.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2004. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Energy Reserves Group, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 7, 2026
- Permits on file
- 117
- Phone
- (713) 953-0824
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Extex Operating Company |
| Production reports | Extex Operating Companythrough Apr 2001 |
| Latest permit | Energy Reserves Group, Inc.Sep 23, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 23, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jan 19, 1985
- completed
- 44.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 61.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 19, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 16, 2004
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lang, Paul O-2-4098 | Holly, East (Massive) | Extex Operating Company | 3 | 44.5K | 61.6K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2004 |
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.
- 1Lindenmuth & Associates, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 2000
- 2Extex Operating CompanyJul 2000 → Apr 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134181-99 | Drill | Energy Reserves Group, Inc. | Jan 23, 1985 | Sep 23, 1981 | Jan 17, 1982 | 13,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-4098 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 270 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,587 | 7,590 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,986 | 14.75 | 1,035 S |
| 7.625 | 10,209 | 9.875 | 700 S |
| 4.5 | 14,430 | 6.75 | 620 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 12, 1985 | Jan 25, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Feb 6, 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 42-123-31182 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-123-31182 → 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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