WELL · 42-163-31979 · DISTRICT 1
Hunter B.V. #3
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical
Hunter B.V. #3 (API 42-163-31979) is a plugged well in Frio County, plugged July 29, 1993, last operated by Concho Oilfield Serv & Oper CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 1, 1981, permitted to 7,400 ft.
It was permitted by Randado Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to Concho Oilfield Serv & Oper CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 4.32K barrels of oil and 7.16K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Concho Oilfield Serv & Oper Co.
Permitted by Randado Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Eden, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 11 permits on file · (325) 456-0685
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Concho Oilfield Serv & Oper Co. |
| Production reports | Explo Oil, Inc.through Mar 1996 |
| Latest permit | Randado Oil & Minerals, Inc.May 1, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 1, 1981
- last permit issued
- Sep 2, 1981
- completed
- 4.32K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 7.16K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 2, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 29, 1993
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter, B.V. O-1-4952 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Concho Oilfield Serv & Oper Co. | 2 | 4.32K | 7.16K | 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.
- 1Acock Engineering & Assoc., Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1993
- 2Unified Consulting, Inc.Mar 1993 → Aug 1993
- 3Explo Oil, Inc.Sep 1993 → Nov 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116668-99 | Drill | Randado Oil & Minerals, Inc. | May 1, 1981 | May 1, 1981 | — | 7,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-4952 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,770 | 7,293 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 342 | 12.25 | 190 S |
| 2.375 | 6,724 | — | — |
| 7 | 6,725 | 8.75 | 1,000 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 | Sep 28, 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 42-163-31979 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-31979 → 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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