WELL · 42-215-31153 · DISTRICT 4

Chestnut F. E. #3

Plugged

Hidalgo County · Tabasco (Consolidated) field · Vertical

Chestnut F. E. #3 (API 42-215-31153) is a plugged well in Hidalgo County, plugged July 14, 2009, last operated by Fidelity Explor. & Prod. CO..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 10, 1981, permitted to 9,000 ft.

It was permitted by Arco Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Fidelity Explor. & Prod. CO. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Fidelity Explor. & Prod. Co.

Permitted by Arco Oil & Gas Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Denver, CO
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jun 20, 2016
Permits on file: 163
Phone: (720) 931-9631

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Fidelity Explor. & Prod. Co.
Production reports	Smith Production Inc.through Jul 1999
Latest permit	Arco Oil & Gas Co.Jul 10, 1981

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

9,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jul 10, 1981: last permit issued
Sep 24, 1981: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
110K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2009

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Sep 24, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jul 14, 2009

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
Chestnut, F. E. G-4-97530	Tabasco (X)	Fidelity Explor. & Prod. Co.	1	0	110K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2009

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.

1Arco Oil & Gas Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1994
2Vastar Resources, Inc.Mar 1994 → Jan 1999
3Smith Production Inc.Feb 1999 → Jul 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
125042-99	Drill	Arco Oil & Gas Co.	Jul 10, 1981	Jul 10, 1981	Jul 14, 1981	9,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-97530	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,667	8,714	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	2,007	14.75	1,000 S
7.625	7,255	9.875	980 S
2.375	8,600	—	—

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	Dec 7, 1981	—

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 42-215-31153 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-31153 → 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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