WELL · 42-163-32990 · DISTRICT 1
Newton Carl D. #3
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Newton Carl D. #3 (API 42-163-32990) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged December 1, 1999, last operated by Jab Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 29, 1991, permitted to 10,500 ft.
It was permitted by Pearsall Partners and has since transferred to Jab Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 64.7K barrels of oil and 5.01K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 1999. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Pearsall Partners; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 8, 2009
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Jab Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Jab Operating, Inc.through Jun 1999 |
| Latest permit | Pearsall PartnersJan 29, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 29, 1991
- last permit issued
- Mar 9, 1991
- completed
- 64.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5.01K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 1999
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 9, 1991
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 1, 1999
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton, Carl D. O-1-12836 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Jab Operating, Inc. | 2 | 64.7K | 5.01K | Jan 1993 – Dec 1999 |
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.
- 1Pearsall PartnersJan 1993 → Mar 1993
- 2Petro-Hunt CorporationApr 1993 → Jan 1994
- 3Jab Operating, Inc.Feb 1994 → Jun 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 383994-99 | Drill | Pearsall Partners | Jan 29, 1991 | Jan 29, 1991 | Feb 10, 1991 | 10,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-12836 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 527 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 5,958 | -5,431 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,995 | 10,091 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 752 | 12.25 | 185 S |
| 7 | 5,665 | 8.75 | 160 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 | Jul 18, 1991 | Apr 3, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 15, 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 42-163-32990 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32990 → 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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