WELL · 42-241-30317 · DISTRICT 3
Arco Fee B #3
Jasper County · Sally Withers W. (9850) field · Vertical
Arco Fee B #3 (API 42-241-30317) is a plugged well in Jasper County, plugged March 26, 2007, last operated by Paleo Oil Company LLC.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 1980, permitted to 10,700 ft.
It was permitted by Scates Exploration CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Paleo Oil Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 41K barrels of oil and 100K 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 Scates Exploration Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Corpus Christ, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 47 permits on file · (888) 230-1500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Paleo Oil Company LLC |
| Production reports | Paleo Oil Company LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Scates Exploration Co., Inc.Jul 31, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,700
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 31, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jul 21, 1980
- completed
- 41K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 100K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 21, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 26, 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco Fee "B" O-3-12789 | Sally Withers, W. (9850) | Paleo Oil Company LLC | 4 | 41K | 100K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,261 · prior 12 7,862(-59%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,029 · prior 12 722(+43%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Eland Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 1994
- 2Lindenmuth & Associates, Inc.Dec 1994 → Aug 1998
- 3Key Petroleum Inc.Sep 1998 → Sep 1998
- 4Stanford Petroleum IncOct 1998 → May 2001
- 5Gcea, LLCJun 2001 → Oct 2003
- 6Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Nov 2003 → Mar 2004
- 7BRG Petroleum CorporationJun 2004 → Feb 2005
- 8Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 2005 → Oct 2014
- 9Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Nov 2014 → Dec 2014
- 10SND Operating, L.L.C.Jan 2015 → Sep 2017
- 11Weatherly Oil & Gas, LLCOct 2017 → Apr 2019
- 12Shoco Production, L.P.May 2019 → May 2020
- 13Shoco Production LLCJun 2020 → Sep 2025
- 14Paleo Oil Company LLCOct 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88446-99 | Recompletion | Scates Exploration Co., Inc. | Jul 31, 1980 | Jul 31, 1980 | — | 10,340 |
| 50395-99 | Drill | Scates Exploration Co., Inc. | Jun 8, 1979 | Jun 8, 1979 | Jun 27, 1979 | 10,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-12789 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,710 | 9,728 | Perforated |
| 9,836 | 9,866 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,747 | 14.75 | 1,650 S |
| 2.375 | 8,600 | — | — |
| 7 | 8,967 | 9.875 | 450 S |
| 2.375 | 9,815 | — | — |
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 | Jul 28, 1980 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 3, 1980 | — |
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 42-241-30317 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-241-30317 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 0
- bbl, all reported
- Jan 1995
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000068576 | W-14 Disposal | Plugged May 24, 2007 | 750 | 1,000 | 3,500–5,100 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
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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