WELL · 42-321-31347 · DISTRICT 3

Braman #3

Plugged

Matagorda County · Wadsworth (Savage) field · Vertical

Braman #3 (API 42-321-31347) is a plugged well in Matagorda County, plugged September 12, 1997, last operated by Lemon Richard G..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 28, 1983, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by Howell Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Lemon Richard G. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Savage, Lewis.

Operator of record

Lemon Richard G.

Permitted by Howell Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Lemon Richard G.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Howell Petroleum CorporationOct 28, 1983

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

10,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 28, 1983: last permit issued
Sep 12, 1984: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Sep 12, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Sep 12, 1997

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Braman G-3-112881	Wadsworth (Savage)	Lemon, Richard G.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Sep 1997

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
220167-99	Drill	Howell Petroleum Corporation	Aug 29, 1983	Oct 28, 1983	—	10,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-112881	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 23 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Savage	9,630	-9,607
Lewis	9,840	-9,817

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,634	9,664	Perforated
9,678	9,684	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	3,042	14.75	1,545 S
5.5	10,010	8.75	875 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
Nov 19, 1984	Nov 5, 1984	—
Oct 23, 1984	Sep 26, 1984	—
Oct 16, 1984	Sep 24, 1984	—

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 42-321-31347 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-321-31347 → 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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