WELL · 42-187-31963 · DISTRICT 1
Sharp #3
Guadalupe County · Darst Creek (Buda) field · Vertical
Sharp #3 (API 42-187-31963) is a plugged well in Guadalupe County, plugged January 17, 2006, last operated by Austin Operating LLC..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 21, 1981, permitted to 2,700 ft.
It was permitted by Kingwood Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Austin Operating LLC. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 523 barrels of oil and 5 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008. The lease carries 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Kingwood Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Chicago, IL · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Austin Operating LLC. |
| Production reports | Austin Operating, LLC.through Jul 1998 |
| Latest permit | Kingwood Energy, Inc.Dec 21, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 21, 1981
- last permit issued
- Apr 2, 1982
- completed
- 523
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 2, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 17, 2006
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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp O-1-3159 | Darst Creek (Buda) | Austin Operating, LLC. | 8 | 523 | 5 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
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.
- 1Penrod Oil Company of Texas, IncSep 1994 → Sep 1994
- 2Mobile Production Systems, Inc.Oct 1994 → Oct 1994
- 3Ginco Operating Co.Sep 1995 → Oct 1995
- 4Lif-Tex Oil Recovery, Inc.May 1997 → Dec 1997
- 5Austin Operating, LLC.Feb 1998 → Jul 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144907-99 | Drill | Kingwood Energy, Inc. | Dec 21, 1981 | Dec 21, 1981 | — | 2,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-3159 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,318 | 2,596 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 84 | 12.25 | 70 S |
| 2.375 | 2,059 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,633 | 7.875 | 492 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 12, 1984 | May 6, 1982 | — |
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 42-187-31963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-31963 → 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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