WELL · 42-313-30846 · DISTRICT 3
Windy Hill #3
Madison County · Day field · Directional
Windy Hill #3 (API 42-313-30846) is a plugged well in Madison County, plugged September 20, 2010, last operated by Sandel Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued March 17, 2010, permitted to 2,750 ft.
It was permitted by Force 5 Energy, LLC and has since transferred to Sandel Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yegua, Sparta, Queen City.
Its lease has reported 114K barrels of oil and 8.64K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2021. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Force 5 Energy, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Huntsville, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 11 permits on file · (936) 662-8585
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sandel Operating Company |
| Production reports | Sandel Operating Companythrough Sep 2019 |
| Latest permit | Force 5 Energy, LLCMar 17, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,750
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Mar 17, 2010
- last permit issued
- Jun 16, 2010
- completed
- 114K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 8.64K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 16, 2010
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 20, 2010
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Hill O-3-10451 | Day | Sandel Operating Company | 6 | 114K | 8.64K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2021 |
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.
- 1Parten Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 2Parten Operating Inc.Feb 1994 → Dec 1995
- 3Amf Production CompanyJan 1996 → Jul 1996
- 4Cliffwood Production Co.Aug 1996 → Aug 2000
- 5Force 5 Energy, LLCAug 2008 → Apr 2012
- 6Omimex Energy, Inc.May 2012 → Dec 2012
- 7Ross Exploration,inc.Jan 2013 → Jul 2013
- 8Sandel Operating CompanyAug 2013 → Sep 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 692618-98 | Drill | Force 5 Energy, LLC | May 12, 2010 | Mar 17, 2010 | Apr 23, 2010 | 1,836 |
| 692618-99 | Drill | Force 5 Energy, LLC | Mar 9, 2010 | Mar 17, 2010 | Apr 23, 2010 | 2,750 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-10451 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 239 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yegua | 300 | -61 |
| Sparta | 650 | -411 |
| Queen City | 1,080 | -841 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 653 | 661 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 250 | 11 | 103 S |
| 5.5 | 1,914 | 7.875 | 545 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 | Nov 5, 2010 | Aug 4, 2010 | 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 42-313-30846 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-313-30846 → 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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