WELL · 42-235-31166 · DISTRICT 7
Murphy 7 #3
Irion County · Mertzon (Canyon) field · Vertical
Murphy 7 #3 (API 42-235-31166) is a plugged well in Irion County, plugged July 8, 2020, last operated by Atropos Exploration Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 11, 1977, permitted to 7,200 ft.
It was permitted by Fortune Drilling CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Atropos Exploration Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 21.5K barrels of oil and 89.9K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 56 permits on file · (214) 695-0882
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Atropos Exploration Company |
| Production reports | Atropos Exploration Companythrough Mar 2019 |
| Latest permit | Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.Jul 11, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 11, 1977
- last permit issued
- Aug 16, 1977
- completed
- 21.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 89.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 16, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 8, 2020
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy "7" O-9-7089 | Mertzon (Canyon) | Atropos Exploration Company | 2 | 21.5K | 89.9K | 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.
- 1Fortune Production Co.Jan 1993 → Apr 2008
- 2Atropos Exploration CompanyMay 2008 → Jun 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2697-99 | Drill | Fortune Drilling Co., Inc. | Jul 11, 1977 | Jul 11, 1977 | — | 7,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-7089 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,908 | 7,003 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,258 | 11 | 500 S |
| 4.5 | 7,075 | 7.875 | 250 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 | Aug 18, 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 42-235-31166 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-235-31166 → 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.
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