TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · BRADFORD LEASE · API 42-165-36494 · DISTRICT 7B
Bradford #3
Gaines County · Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) field · Shut In · Vertical
Bradford #3 (API 42-165-36494) is a well in Gaines County operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC, completed September 1, 2006 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in August 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 9, 2006, permitted to 7,716 ft.
It was permitted by Forest Oil Permian Corporation and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 227K barrels of oil and 454K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Forest Oil Permian Corporation; 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 | Contango Resources, LLCthrough Jul 2025 |
| Latest permit | Forest Oil Permian CorporationFeb 9, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,716
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 9, 2006
- last permit issued
- Sep 1, 2006
- completed
- 227K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 454K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 1, 2006
- Shut in
- Aug 1, 2025
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford O-11-64230 | Tex-Mex, SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 3 | 227K | 454K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 427 · prior 12 3,157(-86%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,483 · prior 12 5,604(-74%)
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, LLCMay 2020 → Nov 2021
- 7Contango Resources, Inc.Dec 2021 → Dec 2021
- 8Contango Resources, LLCJan 2022 → Jul 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 613509-99 | Drill | Forest Oil Permian Corporation | Feb 2, 2006 | Feb 9, 2006 | Jun 27, 2006 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2006 | Bradford O-11-64230 | Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating LLC | Shut In · shut in Aug 1, 2025 | 7,716 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,480 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,795 | 685 |
| Seven Rivers | 3,045 | 435 |
| Queen | 3,634 | -154 |
| San Andres | 4,296 | -816 |
| Clear ForkLOWER CLEARFORK | 6,902 | -3,422 |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA ALBANY | 7,241 | -3,761 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,996 | 7,104 | Perforated |
| 7,353 | 7,572 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,474 | 12.25 | 675 S |
| 5.5 | 7,716 | 7.875 | 1,700 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 | Mar 12, 2007 | Oct 19, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 10, 2006 | — | — |
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 42-165-36494 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-36494 → 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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