WELL · 42-163-33107 · DISTRICT 1

Winters A #3

Plugged

Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field  · Horizontal

Winters A #3 (API 42-163-33107) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged September 19, 1997, last operated by Rao Oil Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 10, 1991, permitted to 7,500 ft.

It was permitted by Hunter & Hada and has since transferred to Rao Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk.

Its lease has reported 1.19K barrels of oil and 1.14K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2003.

Operator of record

Rao Oil Company

Permitted by Hunter & Hada; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 3, 1997

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleRao Oil Company
Production reportsWeb Well Tending Service, Inc.through Nov 1993
Latest permitHunter & HadaOct 10, 1991

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,500
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 10, 1991
last permit issued
Dec 3, 1991
completed
1.19K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.14K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 3, 1991
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 19, 1997

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Winters "A" O-1-13363Pearsall (Austin Chalk)Rao Oil Company11.19K1.14KJan 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.

  1. 1Web Well Tending Service, Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 1993

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
392776-99DrillHunter & HadaOct 10, 1991Oct 10, 1991Oct 22, 19917,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-1-13363————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 528 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Anacacho6,550-6,022
Austin Chalk6,818-6,290

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,5669,096Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7577013.5320 S
5.56,5668.75162 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 29, 1992Dec 23, 1991Yes
00Jan 27, 1992——

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.

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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