WELL · 42-155-30235 · DISTRICT 9

Ekern #3

Plugged

Foard County · Rasberry (Caddo 6100) field · Vertical

Ekern #3 (API 42-155-30235) is a plugged well in Foard County, plugged September 15, 2011, last operated by Menasco J..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 12, 1979, permitted to 6,200 ft.

It was permitted by Childers, Charles M. and has since transferred to Menasco J. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 20.6K barrels of oil and 52 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2012. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Menasco J.

Permitted by Childers, Charles M.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Wichita Falls, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jul 9, 2019
Permits on file: 41
Phone: (940) 692-1714

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Menasco J.
Production reports	Menasco, J.through Dec 2010
Latest permit	Childers, Charles M.Dec 12, 1979

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
Dec 12, 1979: last permit issued
Aug 8, 1980: completed
20.6K: cumulative oil, bbl
52: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2012

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 8, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Sep 15, 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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Ekern O-13-19677	Rasberry (Caddo 6100)	Menasco, J.	2	20.6K	52	Jan 1993 – Jan 2012

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.

1Terco Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1994
2Menasco, J.Mar 1994 → Dec 2010

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
66633-99	Drill	Childers, Charles M.	Dec 12, 1979	Dec 12, 1979	Jul 17, 1980	6,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-13-19677	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,877	5,912	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	128	12.25	70 S
2.375	5,972	—	—
4.5	5,977	7.875	120 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	Jan 12, 1984	Aug 10, 1981	—

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 42-155-30235 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-155-30235 → 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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