WELL · 42-307-30940 · DISTRICT 7
Byman #3
McCulloch County · Needle Creek (Canyon) field · Vertical
Byman #3 (API 42-307-30940) is a plugged well in Mcculloch County, plugged June 23, 2000, last operated by Felderhoff Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 5, 1995, permitted to 1,500 ft.
It was permitted by Geosurveys, Inc. and has since transferred to Felderhoff Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Adams Branch, Winchell, Palo Pinto.
Its lease has reported 219K barrels of oil and 34.7K mcf of gas since December 1994, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Geosurveys, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Muenster, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 31, 2026
- Permits on file
- 468
- Phone
- (940) 759-3631
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Felderhoff Production Company |
| Production reports | Felderhoff Production Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Geosurveys, Inc.Jun 5, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 5, 1995
- last permit issued
- Dec 5, 1995
- completed
- 219K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 34.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1994 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 5, 1995
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 23, 2000
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 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byman O-9-13715 | Needle Creek (Canyon) | Felderhoff Production Company | 6 | 219K | 34.7K | Dec 1994 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,706 · prior 12 1,557(+10%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Geosurveys, Inc.Dec 1994 → Apr 2018
- 2Felderhoff Production CompanyMay 2018 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 436377-99 | Drill | Geosurveys, Inc. | May 30, 1995 | Jun 5, 1995 | Jun 24, 1995 | 1,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-13715 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,852 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Adams Branch | 297 | 1,555 |
| Winchell | 804 | 1,048 |
| Palo Pinto | 1,024 | 828 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,151 | 1,155 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 151 | 12.25 | 95 S |
| 5.5 | 1,248 | 7.875 | 190 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 | Jan 11, 1996 | Dec 13, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 28, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-307-30940 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-307-30940 → 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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