TEXAS · WELLS · HOCKLEY COUNTY · HELMS "A" LEASE · API 42-219-36576 · DISTRICT 7B
Helms A #3
Hockley County · Yellowhouse field · Producing · Vertical
Helms A #3 (API 42-219-36576) is a well in Hockley County operated by Fasken Oil And Ranch Ltd., completed June 15, 2009 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 21, 2001, permitted to 4,650 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Base Of Redbed Shale, Base Of Salt, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 201K barrels of oil and 5.53K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 14, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,057
- Phone
- (432) 687-1777
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd. |
| Production reports | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.May 21, 2001 |
- 4,650
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 21, 2001
- last permit issued
- Jun 15, 2009
- completed
- 201K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5.53K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 15, 2009
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helms "A" O-11-65035 | Yellowhouse | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | 4 | 201K | 5.53K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 2,142 · prior 12 2,592(-17%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Huber, J. M., CorporationJan 1993 → Nov 1997
- 2Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.Dec 1997 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 507496-99 | Drill | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | Apr 6, 2001 | May 21, 2001 | Jun 18, 2001 | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2009 | Helms A O-11-65035 | Yellowhouse | Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd. | Producing | 4,650 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,461 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Base of Redbed Shale | 1,780 | 1,681 |
| Base of Salt | 3,007 | 454 |
| San Andres | 3,848 | -387 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES POROSITY | 4,458 | -997 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,466 | 4,488 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 462 | 12.25 | 300 S |
| 5.5 | 4,650 | 7.875 | 1,650 S |
| 5.5 | 4,654 | 7.875 | 1,650 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 30, 2009 | Sep 14, 2009 | — |
| 00 | Oct 4, 2001 | Aug 22, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 17, 2001 | — | — |
Well logs
The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗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 42-219-36576 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-219-36576 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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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