WELL · 42-297-35852 · DISTRICT 2
Coates Energy #3
Live Oak County · Hinnant (5900) field · Directional
Coates Energy #3 (API 42-297-35852) is a plugged well in Live Oak County, plugged February 10, 2020, last operated by Royal Production Company Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 2, 2016, permitted to 6,700 ft.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Frio, Hockley - Disposal, Jackson, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 42.9K barrels of oil and 154K mcf of gas since June 2015, last reporting in September 2020. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Corpus Christ, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Permits on file
- 235
- Phone
- (361) 888-4792
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Royal Production Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Royal Production Company, Inc.through Jun 2019 |
| Latest permit | Royal Production Company, Inc.Sep 2, 2016 |
- 6,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 2, 2016
- last permit issued
- Oct 20, 2016
- completed
- 42.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 154K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2015 THROUGH Sep 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 20, 2016
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 10, 2020
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coates Energy O-2-10992 | Hinnant (5900) | Royal Production Company, Inc. | 2 | 42.9K | 154K | Jun 2015 – Sep 2020 |
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.
- 1Royal Production Company, Inc.Jun 2015 → Jun 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 818154-99 | Drill | Royal Production Company, Inc. | Aug 30, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 | 6,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-10992 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 236 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL | 2,919 | -2,683 |
| Hockley - Disposal | 4,607 | -4,371 |
| JacksonJACKSON-YEGUA - DISPOSAL | 5,967 | -5,731 |
| Austin Chalk | — | — |
| Cook Mountain | — | — |
| Eagle FordEAGLE FORD - H2S | — | — |
| EdwardsEDWARDS - H2S | — | — |
| Queen City | — | — |
| SligoSLIGO - H2S | — | — |
| Wilcox | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,147 | 6,150 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,725 | 12.25 | 544 S |
| 4.5 | 6,400 | 8.75 | 480 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 | Mar 16, 2017 | Dec 21, 2016 | Yes |
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 42-297-35852 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-297-35852 → 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.
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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