WELL · 42-163-32956 · DISTRICT 1
Hildebrand Ira P. #3
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Hildebrand Ira P. #3 (API 42-163-32956) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged June 4, 2003, last operated by Hec Petroleum Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 28, 1991, permitted to 8,625 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Hec Petroleum Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Midway, Olmos, Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 128K barrels of oil and 35.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2003. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 3, 2006
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hec Petroleum Inc. |
| Production reports | Hec Petroleum, Inc.through Dec 2002 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.Jan 28, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,625
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 28, 1991
- last permit issued
- May 23, 1991
- completed
- 128K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 35.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 23, 1991
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 4, 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hildebrand, Ira P. O-1-12501 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Hec Petroleum, Inc. | 3 | 128K | 35.4K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2003 |
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.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Jul 1994
- 2Cox Resources Corp.Aug 1994 → Aug 2000
- 3Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Sep 2000 → Dec 2001
- 4Hec Petroleum, Inc.Jan 2002 → Dec 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 382484-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | Dec 17, 1990 | Jan 28, 1991 | Apr 20, 1991 | 8,625 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-12501 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 597 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| MidwayMIDWAY SHALE | 3,967 | -3,370 |
| OlmosOLMOS SAND | 5,591 | -4,994 |
| Anacacho | 6,964 | -6,367 |
| Austin Chalk | 7,170 | -6,573 |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 880 | 14.75 | 510 S |
| 7.625 | 4,259 | 9.875 | 615 S |
| 2.875 | 6,800 | 7.875 | — |
| 7.625 | — | 9.875 | 750 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 21, 1991 | Sep 9, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 16, 1991 | — | — |
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 42-163-32956 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32956 → 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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