WELL · 42-187-80778 · DISTRICT 1
Carter, Robert #3
Guadalupe County · Luling-Branyon field · Vertical
Carter, Robert #3 (API 42-187-80778) is a permitted well in Guadalupe County filed by Oakwood Oil CO.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 9, 1982, permitted to 2,800 ft.
It was permitted by Oakwood Oil CO. and has since transferred to Meridian Exploration CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 38.1K barrels of oil and 82.9K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 24 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Oakwood Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Meridian Exploration Co. |
| Production reports | Texstar Oil & Gas, LLCthrough Feb 2026 |
| Latest permit | Oakwood Oil Co.Apr 9, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 9, 1982
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 38.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 82.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- 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 24 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter, N. J. O-1-1955 | Luling-Branyon | Texstar Oil & Gas, LLC | 21 | 37.1K | 79.6K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Carter, Robert O-1-6259 | Luling-Branyon | Kidd Production Co. | 3 | 1.01K | 3.28K | Jan 1993 – Jun 1996 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 24 · prior 12 33(-27%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Pre Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Aug 1993
- 2Oakwood Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Jul 1994
- 3Cloughly EngineeringSep 1993 → Apr 1994
- 4Kidd Production Co.May 1994 → Jan 2013
- 5Carter, A.J. Production Co.Jan 1995 → Jan 1995
- 6Pace Oil and Gas CompanyAug 2002 → Apr 2004
- 7Tejones Operating CorporationJun 2004 → Apr 2006
- 8Quest Emg, Inc.May 2006 → Jun 2011
- 9Texstar Oil & Gas, LLCFeb 2013 → Feb 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156328-99 | Other | Oakwood Oil Co. | Apr 9, 1982 | Apr 9, 1982 | — | 2,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-1955 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-6259 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| — | 2,090 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 2,067 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 2,085 | — | — |
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 | Apr 11, 1996 | Mar 3, 1982 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 3, 1982 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 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 42-187-80778 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-80778 → 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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