WELL · 42-279-00120 · DISTRICT 8
McCurry #3W
Lamb County · Anton-Irish field · Vertical
Mccurry #3W (API 42-279-00120) is a plugged well in Lamb County, plugged May 2, 2021, last operated by Ostrich Oil & Gas LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 17, 1992, permitted to 7,400 ft.
It was permitted by Wheeler Properties and has since transferred to Ostrich Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Glorieta, Clear Fork.
Its lease has reported 70.6K barrels of oil and 41.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2024. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Wheeler Properties; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · (512) 784-2613
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ostrich Oil & Gas LLC |
| Production reports | Legacy Reserves Operating LPthrough Aug 2012 |
| Latest permit | Wheeler PropertiesJun 17, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 17, 1992
- last permit issued
- Dec 28, 1992
- completed
- 70.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 41.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 28, 1992
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 2, 2021
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCurry O-11-66862 | Anton-Irish | Ostrich Oil & Gas, LLC | 3 | 70.6K | 41.6K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2024 |
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.
- 1Wheeler Operating CorporationJan 1993 → Apr 1998
- 2Three Span Oil & Gas, Inc.May 1998 → May 2003
- 3Patriot Resources, Inc.Jun 2003 → Dec 2011
- 4Legacy Reserves Operating LPJan 2012 → Aug 2012
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400166-99 | Reenter | Wheeler Properties | Jun 15, 1992 | Jun 17, 1992 | Oct 17, 1992 | 7,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-66862 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,433 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| GlorietaGLORIETA SAND | 4,610 | -1,177 |
| Clear ForkLOWER CLEARFORK | 6,080 | -2,647 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,500 | 7,400 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,885 | 12.25 | 300 S |
| 5.5 | 6,500 | 7.875 | 200 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 | Apr 16, 1993 | Apr 7, 1993 | — |
| 00 | Feb 17, 1993 | Feb 3, 1993 | — |
| 00 | Feb 10, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-279-00120 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-279-00120 → 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
- 3.37M
- bbl, all reported
- Mar 2021
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000078391 | H-1 Injection | Plugged May 4, 2021 | 800 | 2,000 | 6,500–7,400 |
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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