WELL · 42-169-32296 · DISTRICT 8
Hitt Elmer #3
Garza County · P. H. D. (Basal San Andres) field · Shut IN · Vertical
Hitt Elmer #3 (API 42-169-32296) is a well in Garza County operated by Extex Operating Company, completed February 2, 1996 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1984 and 1996, permitted to 4,450 ft.
It was permitted by Brothers Production Company Inc. and has since transferred to Extex Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including San Andres, Glorieta.
Its 2 leases have reported 163K barrels of oil and 37.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Brothers Production Company Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 117 permits on file · (713) 870-4327
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Extex Operating Company |
| Production reports | Legacy Reserves Operating LPthrough Jun 2019 |
| Latest permit | Brothers Production Company Inc.Feb 12, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,450
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 12, 1996
- last permit issued
- Feb 2, 1996
- completed
- 163K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 37.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 2, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 2 leases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitt, Elmer O-11-64843 | P. H. D. (Glorieta) | Extex Operating Company | 2 | 5.34K | 1.07K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Hitt, Elmer O-11-67517 | P. H. D. (Basal San Andres) | Extex Operating Company | 1 | 158K | 36.3K | Feb 1996 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Brothers Production Company Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 2006
- 2Legacy Reserves Operating LPApr 2006 → Jun 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444688-99 | Recompletion | Brothers Production Company Inc. | Feb 12, 1996 | Feb 12, 1996 | Jan 30, 1996 | 3,764 |
| 235939-99 | Drill | Brothers Production Company | Apr 17, 1984 | Apr 17, 1984 | — | 4,450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-64843 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-11-67517 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,963 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 3,400 | -437 |
| Glorieta | 4,092 | -1,129 |
| Glorieta | 4,097 | -1,134 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,700 | 3,721 | Perforated |
| 4,096 | 4,102 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 339 | 11 | 300 S |
| 5.5 | 4,315 | 7.875 | 725 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 13, 1996 | Feb 21, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 29, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 1, 1984 | May 16, 1984 | — |
| 00 | May 31, 1984 | May 16, 1984 | — |
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 42-169-32296 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-169-32296 → 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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