WELL · 42-227-81982 · DISTRICT 8

Big Spring Brine #3

Big Spring Brine #3 (API 42-227-81982) is a disposal or injection well in Howard County operated by Nes Permian Basin, L.P. under an active UIC permit.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1997 and 2000, permitted to 1,302 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Salado.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit.

Operator of record

Nes Permian Basin, L.P.

Lafayette, LA · P-5 Y, filed Aug 3, 2007 · 7 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Nes Permian Basin, L.P.Aug 22, 2000

1,302: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Aug 22, 2000: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Big Springs Brine Station O-10-30477	Sand Springs (Fusselman)	PWS-ES, LLC	6	0	0	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
498716-99	Reenter	Nes Permian Basin, L.P.	Aug 22, 2000	Aug 22, 2000	Aug 28, 2000	1,302
459942-99	Reenter	Permian Brine Sales, Inc.	Mar 17, 1997	Apr 9, 1997	—	1,302

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-30477	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,760 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
SaladoTOP OF SALADO SALT	918	1,842

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.75	110	16	—
12.75	110	16	85 S
8.625	895	11.75	360 S
6.625	992	7.875	—
7	1,065	7.875	—
3.5	1,070	—	—
3.5	1,151	—	—
3.5	1,163	—	—

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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Aug 29, 2003	Apr 30, 2003	—
Jan 28, 2003	Sep 11, 2002	—
Aug 21, 2001	Sep 19, 2000	—
Aug 17, 2001	Apr 4, 2001	—
Aug 15, 2001	Sep 19, 2000	—
Jun 8, 2001	—	—

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 42-227-81982 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-227-81982 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
1.08M: bbl, all reported
Dec 2025: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000090464	W-14 Disposal	Active	5,000	400	918–1,297

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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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