WELL · 42-173-32880 · DISTRICT 8
Hightower 4 #3
Glasscock County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Shut IN · Vertical
Hightower 4 #3 (API 42-173-32880) is a well in Glasscock County operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC, completed April 25, 1998 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 31, 1998, permitted to 7,890 ft.
It was permitted by Bta Oil Producers and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including San Andres, L. Clearfork, L. Spraberry, Wolfcamp.
Its 2 leases have reported 143K barrels of oil and 436K mcf of gas since December 1997, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by BTA Oil Producers; 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 | Parsley Energy Operations LLC |
| Production reports | Parsley Energy Operations, LLCthrough Jan 2019 |
| Latest permit | BTA Oil ProducersMar 31, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,890
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 31, 1998
- last permit issued
- Apr 25, 1998
- completed
- 143K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 436K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1997 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 25, 1998
- Shut in
- Oct 1, 2019
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hightower 4 O-10-44154 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 3 | 7.51K | 142K | Mar 2013 – Jul 2026 |
| 9703 JV-P Hightower O-10-35568 | Garden City, W. (Wolfcamp 7880) | Parsley Energy Operations, LLC | 2 | 135K | 294K | Dec 1997 – Nov 2020 |
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.
- 1BTA Oil ProducersDec 1997 → Jan 2008
- 2BTA Oil Producers, LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2016
- 3Parsley Energy Operations, LLCOct 2016 → Sep 2017
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 474684-99 | Drill | BTA Oil Producers | Mar 24, 1998 | Mar 31, 1998 | Apr 3, 1998 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-35568 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-44154 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,654 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 2,930 | -276 |
| L. Clearfork | 5,622 | -2,968 |
| L. Spraberry | 6,560 | -3,906 |
| WolfcampWOLFCAMP "A" | 7,536 | -4,882 |
| WolfcampWOLFCAMP "B" | 7,622 | -4,968 |
| WolfcampWOLFCAMP "C" | 7,692 | -5,038 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,740 | 7,749 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 402 | 17.5 | 450 S |
| 8.625 | 2,964 | 11 | 800 S |
| 5.5 | 7,890 | 7.875 | 400 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 17, 2020 | May 1, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 8, 1998 | May 1, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | May 28, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-173-32880 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-173-32880 → 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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