WELL · 42-235-30672 · DISTRICT 7
Rocker B J #3
Irion County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Rocker B J #3 (API 42-235-30672) is a plugged well in Irion County, plugged January 8, 1998, last operated by Petro-Raider LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 18, 1977, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Buchanan, Wayman W. and has since transferred to Petro-Raider LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 30.2K barrels of oil and 58.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Buchanan, Wayman W.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · (432) 853-0434
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Petro-Raider LLC |
| Production reports | Petro-Raider LLCthrough Sep 2016 |
| Latest permit | Buchanan, Wayman W.Aug 18, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 18, 1977
- last permit issued
- Aug 20, 1977
- completed
- 30.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 58.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 20, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 8, 1998
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocker B "J" O-9-6992 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Petro-Raider LLC | 5 | 30.2K | 58.8K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Hydrocarbon Management, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1996
- 2Alegre Energy, Inc.Jan 1997 → Nov 2010
- 3Alegre Energy Operating, LPNov 2004 → Sep 2005
- 4Petro-Raider LLCDec 2010 → Sep 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5673-99 | Drill | Buchanan, Wayman W. | Aug 18, 1977 | Aug 18, 1977 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-6992 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,453 | 8,560 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 738 | 11 | 325 S |
| 4.5 | 8,590 | 7.875 | 1,000 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 6, 1977 | — |
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 42-235-30672 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-235-30672 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/23530672, documented in the API reference.