TEXAS · WELLS · MARTIN COUNTY · WOLCOTT 253 LEASE · API 42-317-37470 · DISTRICT 7B

Wolcott 253 #3

Shut in

Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Shut In  · Vertical

Wolcott 253 #3 (API 42-317-37470) is a well in Martin County operated by Ovintiv USA Inc., completed October 25, 2012 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2026.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 24, 2012, permitted to 11,509 ft.

It was permitted by Crownquest Operating, LLC and has since transferred to Ovintiv USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Strawn, Mississippian.

Its lease has reported 441K barrels of oil and 275K mcf of gas since September 2011, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Ovintiv USA Inc.

Permitted by Crownquest Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Denver, CO
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 12, 2025
Permits on file
1,391
Phone
(720) 876-5176

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleOvintiv USA Inc.
Production reportsOvintiv USA Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permitCrownquest Operating, LLCJan 24, 2012

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

11,509
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jan 24, 2012
last permit issued
Oct 25, 2012
completed
441K
cumulative oil, bbl
275K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2011 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 25, 2012
Shut in
Mar 1, 2026
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Wolcott 253 O-10-41987Spraberry (Trend Area)Ovintiv USA Inc.7441K275KSep 2011 – Apr 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 15,772 · prior 12 18,178(-13%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 24,831 · prior 12 13,758(+80%)

02K4K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Crownquest Operating, LLCSep 2011 → Jan 2014
  2. 2Diamondback E&P LLCFeb 2014 → Oct 2017
  3. 3Petrolegacy Energy II, LLCNov 2017 → Apr 2019
  4. 4Black Swan Operating, LLCMay 2019 → May 2023
  5. 5Ovintiv USA Inc.Jun 2023 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
731761-99DrillCrownquest Operating, LLCJan 17, 2012Jan 24, 2012Aug 14, 201211,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 25, 2012Wolcott 253 O-10-41987Spraberry (Trend Area)Ovintiv USA Inc.Shut In · shut in Mar 1, 202611,509

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,848 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Spraberry8,475-5,627
Strawn10,765-7,917
Mississippian11,170-8,322

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,47511,445Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37541617.5500 S
8.6255,125111,150 S
5.511,5097.8751,950 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 3, 2014Mar 5, 2013Yes

Well logs

1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Nov 2, 2015. Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.

Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗
Logas describedFiles Intervalft, as filedDatereceivedSizeMB
NEUTRON POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Strawn, MississippianTIFF4,800 to 11,480Nov 2, 2015run Sep 3, 20123.68

"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.

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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.

The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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