WELL · 42-235-31407 · DISTRICT 7
Murphey B #3
Irion County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Murphey B #3 (API 42-235-31407) is a plugged well in Irion County, plugged April 30, 2003, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 20, 1979, permitted to 6,600 ft.
It was permitted by Moran Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 5.39K barrels of oil and 40.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Moran Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 29, 2014
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Pipe of Abilene |
| Production reports | Smith Pipe of Abilenethrough Jul 2001 |
| Latest permit | Moran Exploration, Inc.Jul 20, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 20, 1979
- last permit issued
- Oct 22, 1979
- completed
- 5.39K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 40.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 22, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 30, 2003
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphey B O-9-7433 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | 4 | 5.39K | 40.5K | 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.
- 1Amax Oil & Gas Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1993
- 2Consolidated Oil & Gas, IncMay 1993 → Aug 1995
- 3Hugoton Energy CorporationSep 1995 → Mar 1998
- 4Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 1998 → Sep 1999
- 5Nadel and Gussman Permian,l.l.c.Oct 1999 → Jun 2001
- 6Smith Pipe of AbileneJul 2001 → Jul 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53361-99 | Drill | Moran Exploration, Inc. | Jul 20, 1979 | Jul 20, 1979 | — | 6,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-7433 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,728 | 6,439 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 725 | 11 | 300 S |
| 2.375 | 6,334 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,525 | 7.875 | 550 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 | Nov 1, 1979 | — |
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 42-235-31407 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-235-31407 → 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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