WELL · 42-321-31046 · DISTRICT 3

State Tract 181 #3

State Tract 181 #3 (API 42-321-31046) is a permitted well in Matagorda County filed by Matagorda Operating Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1980 and 1997, permitted to 6,642 ft.

Operator of record

Matagorda Operating Company

Kilgore, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 8, 2007 · 5 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Matagorda Operating Companythrough Jul 1999
Latest permit	Matagorda Operating CompanyJun 16, 1997

6,642: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Jun 16, 1997: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
39.7K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2005

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 2 leases 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
State Tract 181 G-3-172961	Wildcat	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	1	0	410	May 1997 – Nov 2005
State Tract 181 G-3-92684	Matagorda Bay, S (Miocene 3600)	Matagorda Operating Company	1	0	39.3K	Jan 1993 – Aug 2000

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.

1Mustang Oil & Gas CorporationJan 1993 → Jan 1994
2Eltex Energy Group, Inc.Feb 1994 → Mar 1996
3Matagorda Operating CompanyApr 1996 → Jul 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
462388-99	Recompletion	Matagorda Operating Company	May 14, 1997	Jun 16, 1997	May 12, 1997	4,421
94561-99	Drill	Enserch Exploration, Inc	Sep 30, 1980	Sep 30, 1980	—	6,642
94560-99	Drill	Enserch Exploration, Inc	Sep 30, 1980	Sep 30, 1980	—	6,642

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-92684	—	—	—	—
—	— G-3-172961	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,920	2,930	Perforated
3,805	3,815	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	115	—	—
8.625	1,132	10.75	800 S
8.625	1,132	12.25	800 S
2.375	3,730	—	—
4.5	4,471	7.875	400 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Sep 13, 2002	Oct 30, 1997	Yes
Jun 8, 1999	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	Mar 6, 1981	—

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 42-321-31046 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-321-31046 → 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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