WELL · 42-179-31545 · DISTRICT 10
Step #3
Gray County · Panhandle Gray County Field field · Vertical
Step #3 (API 42-179-31545) is a plugged well in Gray County, plugged August 21, 2002, last operated by Conocophillips Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 4, 1983, permitted to 3,300 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Conocophillips Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Brown Dolomite, Granite Wash, Weathered Granite.
Its lease has reported 18.6K barrels of oil and 17.1K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2007.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,290
- Phone
- (432) 683-7443
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conocophillips Company |
| Production reports | Phillips Petroleum Companythrough Oct 2002 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyOct 4, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 4, 1983
- last permit issued
- Nov 15, 1983
- completed
- 18.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 17.1K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 15, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 21, 2002
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step O-14-5631 | Panhandle Gray County Field | Conocophillips Company | 1 | 18.6K | 17.1K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2007 |
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.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216290-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Aug 18, 1983 | Oct 4, 1983 | — | 3,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-14-5631 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,267 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Brown Dolomite | 2,752 | 515 |
| Granite Wash | 2,952 | 315 |
| Weathered Granite | 3,012 | 255 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000 | 3,203 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 596 | 13.5 | 300 S |
| 5.5 | 3,250 | 7.875 | 150 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 | Feb 28, 1984 | Jan 4, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Feb 17, 1984 | Jan 4, 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 42-179-31545 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-179-31545 → 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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