WELL · 42-165-32163 · DISTRICT 8
Jones Ranch Estate 20 #3
Gaines County · Brown field · Vertical
Jones Ranch Estate 20 #3 (API 42-165-32163) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged October 3, 2017, last operated by Butler Kevin O. & Assoc. Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 20, 1981, permitted to 6,300 ft.
It was permitted by King Ranch Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Butler Kevin O. & Assoc. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 38.9K barrels of oil and 114 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2019. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by King Ranch Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 8 permits on file · (432) 638-0278
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Butler Kevin O. & Assoc. Inc. |
| Production reports | Butler, Kevin O. & Assoc., Inc.through Jun 2009 |
| Latest permit | King Ranch Oil & Gas, Inc.Jul 20, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 20, 1981
- last permit issued
- Sep 2, 1981
- completed
- 38.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 114
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 2, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 3, 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Ranch Estate "20" O-11-63191 | Brown | Butler, Kevin O. & Assoc., Inc. | 2 | 38.9K | 114 | Jan 1993 – Jan 2019 |
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.
- 1Butler, Kevin O.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2Butler, Kevin O. & Assoc., Inc.Jan 1994 → Jun 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126665-99 | Drill | King Ranch Oil & Gas, Inc. | Jul 20, 1981 | Jul 20, 1981 | Jul 25, 1981 | 6,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-63191 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,019 | 6,145 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 221 | 17.5 | 500 S |
| 8.625 | 2,065 | 11 | 600 S |
| 2.375 | 5,983 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,224 | 7.875 | 450 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 | Aug 7, 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 42-165-32163 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-32163 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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