TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · FRYAR 4 LEASE · API 42-227-36584 · DISTRICT 7B
Fryar 4 #3R
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Fryar 4 #3R (API 42-227-36584) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged June 12, 2024, last operated by New Height Energy LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 31, 2011, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Element Petroleum Operating, LLC and has since transferred to New Height Energy LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 298K barrels of oil and 1.86M mcf of gas since October 2009, last reporting volume in March 2026. The lease carries 10 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Element Petroleum Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 4, 2026
- Phone
- (432) 269-1562
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | New Height Energy LLC |
| Production reports | New Height Energy, LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Element Petroleum Operating, LLCJan 31, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 31, 2011
- last permit issued
- Mar 30, 2011
- completed
- 298K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.86M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2009 THROUGH Mar 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 30, 2011
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 12, 2024
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 10 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fryar 4 O-10-39848 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | New Height Energy, LLC | 10 | 298K | 1.86M | Oct 2009 – Mar 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 9,439 · prior 12 8,235(+15%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,153 · prior 12 1,208(-5%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Element Petroleum Operating, LLCOct 2009 → Dec 2010
- 2Linn Operating, Inc.Jan 2011 → Sep 2015
- 3JPM Eoc Operating, Inc.Oct 2015 → Sep 2016
- 4SM Energy CompanyOct 2016 → May 2024
- 5New Height Energy, LLCJun 2024 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708686-99 | Drill | Element Petroleum Operating, LLC | Jan 18, 2011 | Jan 31, 2011 | Jan 31, 2011 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2011 | Fryar 4 O-10-39848 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | New Height Energy LLC | Plugged | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 291 | 17.5 | 280 S |
| 8.625 | 4,333 | 11 | 1,450 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 | Oct 29, 2014 | Oct 6, 2014 | — |
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 42-227-36584 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-36584 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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