WELL · 42-163-32872 · DISTRICT 1
Shiner Ranch -A- #3
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Shiner Ranch -A- #3 (API 42-163-32872) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged May 11, 2021, last operated by Blackbrush O & G LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 5, 1990, permitted to 9,532 ft.
It was permitted by Hinton Production Company and has since transferred to Blackbrush O & G LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Glauconite, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 46.4K barrels of oil and 32 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 2021. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hinton Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 339 permits on file · (210) 569-6756
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Blackbrush O & G LLC |
| Production reports | Blackbrush O & G, Inc.through Oct 2006 |
| Latest permit | Hinton Production CompanyOct 5, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,532
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 5, 1990
- last permit issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- completed
- 46.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 32
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 16, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 11, 2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiner Ranch -A- O-1-4702 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 3 | 46.4K | 32 | Jan 1993 – Sep 2021 |
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.
- 1Hinton Production CompanyJan 1993 → Nov 1994
- 2Arcadia Expl. & Prod. CompanyDec 1994 → Oct 1998
- 3Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Nov 1998 → Dec 2001
- 4Hec Petroleum, Inc.Jan 2002 → Jul 2002
- 5Triumph Petroleum Company,l.l.c.Aug 2002 → Jan 2005
- 6Blackbrush O & G, Inc.Feb 2005 → Oct 2006
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379047-99 | Drill | Hinton Production Company | Oct 5, 1990 | Oct 5, 1990 | Oct 9, 1990 | 9,532 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-4702 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 519 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Glauconite | 6,629 | -6,110 |
| Austin Chalk | 6,800 | -6,281 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,183 | 9,435 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,519 | 14.75 | 715 S |
| 7.625 | 6,183 | 9.625 | 1,067 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 6, 1991 | Dec 6, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 15, 1991 | — | Yes |
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 42-163-32872 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32872 → 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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