WELL · 42-157-31547 · DISTRICT 3
Spira Melvin Trustee #3
Fort Bend County · Big Creek field · Vertical
Spira Melvin Trustee #3 (API 42-157-31547) is a plugged well in Fort Bend County, plugged August 15, 2025, last operated by Silverbrook Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 8, 1984, permitted to 3,300 ft.
It was permitted by Hollis Oil CO. and has since transferred to Silverbrook Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.
Its lease has reported 10.1K barrels of oil and 79 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hollis Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Barker, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · (713) 410-2385
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Silverbrook Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Property Development Group, Inc.through Dec 2018 |
| Latest permit | Hollis Oil Co.Jun 8, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 8, 1984
- last permit issued
- Sep 19, 1984
- completed
- 10.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 79
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 19, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 15, 2025
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spira, Melvin Trustee O-3-6989 | Big Creek | Silverbrook Operating, LLC | 4 | 10.1K | 79 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Black Gold Operating Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1993
- 2Clipper Operating Co., Inc.Mar 1993 → Nov 1996
- 3Karenco Energy, IncorporatedJan 1997 → Oct 1997
- 4Property Development Group, Inc.Nov 1997 → Dec 2018
- 5Oft Inc.Oct 2003 → May 2008
- 6Hamman Oil & Refining CompanySep 2008 → Jan 2010
- 7Big Creek Operating Company LLCMay 2010 → May 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241383-99 | Drill | Hollis Oil Co. | Jun 7, 1984 | Jun 8, 1984 | — | 3,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-6989 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 12 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE | 1 | 11 |
| Frio | 2,714 | -2,702 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,089 | 3,095 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 306 | 12.25 | 200 S |
| 5.5 | 3,252 | 7.875 | 499 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 | Oct 25, 1984 | Oct 2, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Oct 18, 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 42-157-31547 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-157-31547 → 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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