TEXAS · WELLS · JONES COUNTY · API 42-253-31948 · DISTRICT 6E
Wilhite L. E. #3
Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical
Wilhite L. E. #3 (API 42-253-31948) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged October 23, 1985, last operated by Wilhite Operating CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 24, 1981, permitted to 2,500 ft.
It was permitted by Cottonwood Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Wilhite Operating CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cottonwood Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Lueders, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 12, 1987
- Phone
- (325) 228-4225
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wilhite Operating Co. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Cottonwood Petroleum Co.Jul 24, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 24, 1981
- last permit issued
- May 25, 1983
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 25, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 23, 1985
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.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126892-99 | Drill | Cottonwood Petroleum Co. | Jul 24, 1981 | Jul 24, 1981 | Sep 10, 1981 | 2,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1983 | Wilhite L. E. O-8-19831 | Jones County Regular | Wilhite Operating Co. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,950 | 1,954 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 128 | 11 | 94 S |
| 2.375 | 1,965 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,050 | 7.875 | 160 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 7, 1983 | — |
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 42-253-31948 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-253-31948 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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