WELL · 42-199-32282 · DISTRICT 3
Hooks Sterling #3
Hardin County · Batson New field · Vertical
Hooks Sterling #3 (API 42-199-32282) is a plugged well in Hardin County, plugged February 27, 2007, last operated by L&B Production.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 17, 1985, permitted to 6,200 ft.
It was permitted by Prairie Producing Company and has since transferred to L&B Production on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Anahuac, Frio, Vicksburg.
Its lease has reported 7.45K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Prairie Producing Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Liberty, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 8, 2006
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | L&B Production |
| Production reports | L&B Productionthrough Sep 2003 |
| Latest permit | Prairie Producing CompanyMay 17, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 17, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 26, 1985
- completed
- 7.45K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 26, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 27, 2007
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks Sterling O-3-17938 | Batson New | L&B Production | 3 | 7.45K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1E & B EquipmentJan 1993 → Oct 1996
- 2L&B ProductionNov 1996 → Sep 2003
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275287-99 | Drill | Prairie Producing Company | May 3, 1985 | May 17, 1985 | — | 6,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-17938 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 85 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE | 1 | 84 |
| AnahuacANAHUAC SHALE | 3,000 | -2,915 |
| Frio | 3,100 | -3,015 |
| VicksburgVICKSBURG & JACKSON | 4,404 | -4,319 |
| Yegua | 4,679 | -4,594 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,310 | 5,320 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,350 | 12.25 | 785 S |
| 5.5 | 5,828 | 8.75 | 903 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 | Nov 20, 1985 | Sep 19, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Nov 6, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-199-32282 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-199-32282 → 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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