TEXAS · WELLS · OCHILTREE COUNTY · NITSCHKE LEASE · API 42-357-32317 · DISTRICT 08
Nitschke #3
Ochiltree County · Hansford (Morrow Upper) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 6
- Daniel (Atoka Lime) · Hansford (Mississippian) · Hansford (Morrow, Lower) · Hansford (Morrow, Middle) · Hansford (Morrow, Upper) · Lips, West (Cleveland)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Nitschke #3 (API 42-357-32317) is a plugged well in Ochiltree County, plugged December 31, 2001, last operated by Mewbourne Oil Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 26, 2001, permitted to 9,000 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Douglas, Tonkawa, Kansas City, Marmaton.
Its lease has reported 914 mcf of gas since October 2001, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Tyler, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- May 21, 2026
- Permits on file
- 2,062
- Phone
- (903) 561-2900
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Mewbourne Oil Company |
| Production reports | Mewbourne Oil Companythrough Nov 2001 |
| Latest permit | Mewbourne Oil Co.Jan 26, 2001 |
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 26, 2001
- last permit issued
- Oct 4, 2001
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 914
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · OCT 2001 THROUGH NOV 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 4, 2001
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 31, 2001
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitschke G-14-185923 | Hansford (Morrow, Upper) | Mewbourne Oil Company | 1 | 0 | 914 | Oct 2001 – Nov 2001 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Nitschke
Mewbourne Oil Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Ochiltree County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mewbourne Oil CompanyOct 2001 → Nov 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 503498-99 | Drill | Mewbourne Oil Co. | Dec 28, 2000 | Jan 26, 2001 | Sep 1, 2001 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2001 | Nitschke G-14-185923 | Hansford (Morrow Upper) | Mewbourne Oil Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,059 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 5,496 | -2,437 |
| Tonkawa | 5,694 | -2,635 |
| Kansas City | 6,453 | -3,394 |
| Marmaton | 7,076 | -4,017 |
| 13 Finger Lime | 7,826 | -4,767 |
| MorrowUPPER MORROW | 7,983 | -4,924 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,008 | 8,014 | Perforated |
| 8,088 | 8,095 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,512 | 11 | 510 S |
| 4.5 | 8,319 | 7.875 | 300 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 27, 2001 | Nov 2, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 11, 2001 | — | — |
Well logs
The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗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 42-357-32317 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-357-32317 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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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