TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · CITIES SERVICE LEASE · API 42-165-33796 · DISTRICT 7B
Cities Service #3
Gaines County · Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) field · Vertical
Cities Service #3 (API 42-165-33796) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged September 9, 2013, last operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 10, 1987, permitted to 7,800 ft.
It was permitted by Petroleum Technical Services CO. and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres, Tubb, Wichita-Albany.
Its lease has reported 143K barrels of oil and 178K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Petroleum Technical Services Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 54
- Phone
- (713) 337-4600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Crescent Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Crescent Energy Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Petroleum Technical Services Co.Nov 10, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 10, 1987
- last permit issued
- Jan 13, 2006
- completed
- 143K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 178K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 13, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 9, 2013
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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities Service O-11-65829 | Tex-Mex, SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 8 | 143K | 178K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 4,797 · prior 12 22,118(-78%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,390 · prior 12 3,462(-60%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Petroleum Technical Services Co.Jan 1993 → May 2001
- 2Maynard Oil Co.Jun 2001 → Apr 2004
- 3Forest Oil Permian CorporationMay 2004 → Dec 2009
- 4Sandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCJan 2010 → Jan 2013
- 5Sheridan Production Company, LLCFeb 2013 → Mar 2020
- 6FDL Operating, LLCApr 2020 → Nov 2021
- 7Contango Resources, Inc.Dec 2021 → Dec 2021
- 8Contango Resources, LLCJan 2022 → Oct 2025
- 9Crescent Energy Operating, LLCNov 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338595-99 | Drill | Petroleum Technical Services Co. | Nov 9, 1987 | Nov 10, 1987 | — | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2006 | Cities Service O-11-65829 | Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,449 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,822 | 627 |
| San Andres | 4,280 | -831 |
| Tubb | 6,626 | -3,177 |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA ALBANY LIME | 7,266 | -3,817 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,921 | 6,973 | Perforated |
| 7,386 | 7,562 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,700 | 12.25 | 825 S |
| 4.5 | 7,700 | 7.875 | 600 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 | May 9, 2006 | Jan 31, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Feb 8, 1988 | Jan 21, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 2, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-165-33796 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-33796 → 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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