WELL · 42-227-33616 · DISTRICT 8
Welsh Katherine #3
Howard County · Moore field · Producing · Vertical
Welsh Katherine #3 (API 42-227-33616) is a well in Howard County operated by Free Rein Operating LLC, completed February 18, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 8, 1985, permitted to 3,600 ft.
It was permitted by Peregrine Petr. Of Houston, Inc. and has since transferred to Free Rein Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Redbed, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 76K barrels of oil and 3.24K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 14 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Peregrine Petr. of Houston, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Brenham, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · (512) 423-0058
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Free Rein Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Free Rein Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Peregrine Petr. of Houston, Inc.Jan 8, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 8, 1985
- last permit issued
- Feb 18, 1985
- completed
- 76K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.24K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 18, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 14 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh, Katherine O-10-29455 | Moore | Free Rein Operating LLC | 14 | 76K | 3.24K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,081 · prior 12 933(+16%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Tanos Production, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1994
- 2Big Springs Energy Group, Inc.Jan 1995 → Apr 1995
- 3Hartoil CorporationMay 1995 → Dec 2003
- 4Millennium Resources, LLC.Jan 2004 → Jan 2006
- 5Millennium Resources, LPFeb 2006 → Nov 2016
- 6Circle H Oil CompanyDec 2016 → Mar 2020
- 7Free Rein Operating LLCApr 2020 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263375-99 | Drill | Peregrine Petr. of Houston, Inc. | Jan 7, 1985 | Jan 8, 1985 | — | 3,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-29455 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,512 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Redbed | 1 | 2,511 |
| San Andres | 3,220 | -708 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,224 | 3,240 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 202 | 11 | 150 S |
| 4.5 | 3,342 | 7.875 | 215 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 | Apr 10, 1985 | Mar 19, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Apr 5, 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 42-227-33616 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-33616 → 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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