WELL · 42-235-31454 · DISTRICT 7
Eckert A #3
Irion County · Cal South (Canyon) field · Vertical
Eckert A #3 (API 42-235-31454) is a well in Irion County operated by Fortune Production CO., completed November 27, 1979.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 23, 1979, permitted to 7,300 ft.
It was permitted by Fortune Drilling CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Fortune Production CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 83.3K barrels of oil and 844K 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 Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Angelo, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 8, 2010 · 153 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fortune Production Co. |
| Production reports | Atropos Exploration Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.Oct 23, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 23, 1979
- last permit issued
- Nov 27, 1979
- completed
- 83.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 844K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 27, 1979
- 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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckert "A" O-9-11311 | Baker Ranch (Canyon) | Atropos Exploration Company | 5 | 83.3K | 844K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 16,229 · prior 12 28,114(-42%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,161 · prior 12 1,328(-13%)
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 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61617-99 | Drill | Fortune Drilling Co., Inc. | Oct 23, 1979 | Oct 23, 1979 | Oct 31, 1979 | 7,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-11311 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,036 | 7,143 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,425 | 11 | 550 S |
| 2.375 | 6,928 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 7,300 | 7.875 | 275 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 | May 13, 1985 | Nov 27, 1979 | — |
| 00 | May 8, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 27, 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 42-235-31454 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-235-31454 → 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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