WELL · 42-173-33738 · DISTRICT 8
Books E.D. 1 #3
Glasscock County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Books E.D. 1 #3 (API 42-173-33738) is a well in Glasscock County operated by Apache Corporation, completed May 4, 2011.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued July 29, 2010, permitted to 11,000 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn, Atoka.
Its 2 leases have reported 158K barrels of oil and 2.13M mcf of gas since September 2009, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,756
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mariner Energy, Inc.Jul 29, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 29, 2010
- last permit issued
- May 4, 2011
- completed
- 158K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.13M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2009 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 4, 2011
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books, E.D. 1 O-10-39686 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | 7 | 142K | 1.99M | Sep 2009 – Jul 2026 |
| Books, E. D. 1 C Unit O-10-43157 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | 1 | 15.7K | 141K | Sep 2011 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 13,929 · prior 12 20,002(-30%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 818 · prior 12 521(+57%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mariner Energy, Inc.Sep 2009 → Nov 2010
- 2Apache CorporationDec 2010 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 699813-98 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Feb 23, 2011 | Jul 29, 2010 | Feb 24, 2011 | 11,000 |
| 699813-99 | Drill | Mariner Energy, Inc. | Jul 28, 2010 | Jul 29, 2010 | — | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-39686 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-43157 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,679 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,362 | 9,537 | Perforated |
| 9,579 | 10,086 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 473 | 17.5 | 475 S |
| 8.625 | 3,427 | 11 | 900 S |
| 5.5 | 10,509 | 7.875 | 1,335 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 | Oct 1, 2013 | Jun 6, 2011 | Yes |
| 00 | May 12, 2012 | Jun 6, 2011 | Yes |
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 42-173-33738 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-173-33738 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/17333738, documented in the API reference.