TEXAS · WELLS · ECTOR COUNTY · FOSTER 8-3 LEASE · API 42-135-38881 · DISTRICT 7B
Foster 8-3 #3
Ector County · Cowden South (Canyon 8790) field · Directional
Foster 8-3 #3 (API 42-135-38881) is a plugged well in Ector County, plugged May 11, 2011, last operated by Oxy USA Wtp LP.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 14, 2005, permitted to 9,500 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, Clear Fork, Canyon.
Its lease has reported 5.14K barrels of oil and 1.76K mcf of gas since August 2005, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 16, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,289
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | OXY USA WTP LP |
| Production reports | OXY USA WTP LPthrough Jan 2008 |
| Latest permit | OXY USA WTP LPApr 14, 2005 |
- 9,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 14, 2005
- last permit issued
- Jun 15, 2005
- completed
- 5.14K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.76K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2005 THROUGH Jan 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 15, 2005
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 11, 2011
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster 8-3 O-10-37984 | Cowden, South (Canyon 8790) | OXY USA WTP LP | 1 | 5.14K | 1.76K | Aug 2005 – Jan 2008 |
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.
- 1OXY USA WTP LPAug 2005 → Dec 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 560472-99 | Drill | OXY USA WTP LP | Apr 14, 2005 | Apr 14, 2005 | May 6, 2005 | 9,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2005 | Foster 8-3 O-10-37984 | Cowden South (Canyon 8790) | OXY USA WTP LP | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,950 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,836 | 114 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 5,318 | -2,368 |
| Canyon | 8,618 | -5,668 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,746 | 9,124 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 380 | 17.5 | 400 S |
| 8.625 | 5,700 | 11 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 9,200 | 7.875 | 300 S |
| 8.625 | — | 11 | 1,600 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | May 2, 2007 | Aug 18, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 8, 2007 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Sep 18, 2008. Density, Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Yates, Clear Fork, Canyon | TIFF | 0 to 9,195 | Sep 18, 2008run May 26, 2005 | 5.83 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-135-38881 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-38881 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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