WELL · 42-235-33379 · DISTRICT 7

Ball #3

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Irion County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Ball #3 (API 42-235-33379) is a well in Irion County operated by Ares Energy Ltd., completed August 24, 2015.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended once) between 1995 and 2015, permitted to 7,500 ft.

It was permitted by Keystone Petroleum NM LLC and has since transferred to Ares Energy Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Spaberry, Dean, Wolfcamp.

Its 4 leases have reported 65.3K barrels of oil and 1.31M mcf of gas since March 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Ares Energy Ltd.

Permitted by Keystone Petroleum NM LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 38 permits on file · (432) 685-1960

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleAres Energy Ltd.
Production reportsAres Energy, Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitKeystone Petroleum NM LLCJun 26, 2015

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,500
total depth, ft
4
permits on file
Jun 26, 2015
last permit issued
Aug 24, 2015
completed
65.3K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.31M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 24, 2015
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Ball O-9-19053Spraberry (Trend Area)Ares Energy, Ltd.319.5K121KOct 2014 – Jul 2026
Ball O-9-19270Spraberry (Trend Area)Ares Energy, Ltd.200Dec 2015 – Oct 2016
Ball O-9-13429Andrew A. (Canyon)Ares Energy, Ltd.342.4K1.17MMar 1993 – Jul 2016
Ball O-9-13805Lonesome Reef (Wolfcamp)IP Petroleum Company, Inc.13.47K15.8KJun 1995 – Feb 1999

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 8,556 · prior 12 8,747(-2%)

05001K202420252026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 259 · prior 12 178(+46%)

050100202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1IP Petroleum Company, Inc.Mar 1993 → Jan 2001
  2. 2Pure Resources, L.P.Feb 2001 → Mar 2006
  3. 3Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.Apr 2006 → Nov 2013
  4. 4Keystone Petroleum NM LLCDec 2013 → Jan 2016
  5. 5Ares Energy, Ltd.Feb 2016 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
807742-99Field transferKeystone Petroleum NM LLCJun 23, 2015Jun 26, 2015Aug 7, 20157,440
477800-99RecompletionIP Petroleum Company, Inc.Jul 9, 1998Jul 15, 1998Jun 29, 19987,392
435733-98DrillIP Petroleum Company, Inc.Jun 23, 1995May 16, 1995—7,500
435733-99DrillIP Petroleum Company, Inc.May 11, 1995May 16, 1995May 25, 19957,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-9-13429————
—— O-9-13805————
—— O-9-19053————
—— O-9-19270————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,185 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Clear ForkCLEARFORK3,715-1,530
Spaberry3,948-1,763
Dean4,865-2,680
Dean5,104-2,919
Wolfcamp5,316-3,131
Wolfcamp5,317-3,132
Canyon6,474-4,289
CanyonCANYON A6,552-4,367
CanyonCANYON B6,826-4,641
CanyonCANYON C7,155-4,970

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,0156,035Perforated
6,0176,036Perforated
6,5556,601Perforated
6,5556,717Perforated
6,7106,717Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62584511610 S
4.57,4407.8751,010 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 14, 2016Feb 16, 2016—
00May 24, 2016Feb 16, 2016—
00Mar 11, 1999Jan 25, 1999—
00Feb 3, 1999Jun 21, 1995Yes
00Oct 24, 1995Jun 21, 1995Yes
00Jun 29, 1995——

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.

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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