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WELL · 42-365-32048 · DISTRICT 6

Porter Richard Unit #3

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Panola County · Briggs (7800 Travis Peak) field  · Vertical

Porter Richard Unit #3 (API 42-365-32048) is a well in Panola County operated by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, completed June 25, 1993.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended once) between 1989 and 1999, permitted to 8,200 ft.

It was permitted by Winchester Production Company and has since transferred to Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Paluxy, Glen Rose, T/Glen Rose, T/Mooringsport.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler

Permitted by Winchester Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 New, filed Jun 29, 1992 · 655 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSonat Exploration Company -Tyler
Production reportsRFE Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitWinchester Production CompanyJun 28, 1999

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

8,200
total depth, ft
4
permits on file
Jun 28, 1999
last permit issued
Jun 25, 1993
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
680K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 25, 1993
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Porter, Richard G-6-174000Bethany (Palmer Sand)RFE Operating, LLC10591KJun 1999 – Jul 2026
Porter, Richard G-6-148389Briggs (Upper Travis Peak)Winchester Production Company1084.4KJan 1994 – Jun 1999
Porter, Richard Unit G-6-130784Briggs (7800 Travis Peak)Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler104.36KJan 1993 – Jan 1994

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 12,034 · prior 12 7,092(+70%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 1993 → Mar 1995
  2. 2Winchester Production CompanyJun 1999 → Apr 2007
  3. 3Winchester Production Co., Ltd.May 2007 → Jun 2008
  4. 4Exco Production Company, LPJul 2008 → Dec 2009
  5. 5Exco Operating Company, LPJan 2010 → Jan 2013
  6. 6Exco/Hgi JV Assets, LLCFeb 2013 → Jun 2014
  7. 7Compass Energy Operating, LLCJul 2014 → Nov 2015
  8. 8Indigo Resources LLCDec 2015 → Jul 2018
  9. 9CRD Operating, LLCAug 2018 → Nov 2019
  10. 10Slant Operating, LLCAug 2022 → Sep 2022
  11. 11RFE Operating, LLCOct 2022 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
485364-99RecompletionWinchester Production CompanyJun 21, 1999Jun 28, 1999May 18, 19996,500
420492-99RecompletionSonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 24, 1994Jan 24, 1994Jan 4, 19948,200
357018-98DrillSonat Exploration CompanyMay 12, 1989Mar 14, 1989—8,200
357018-99DrillSonat Exploration CompanyMar 14, 1989Mar 14, 1989—8,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-6-130784————
—— G-6-148389————
—— G-6-174000————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 285 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Paluxy3,056-2,771
Glen Rose3,407-3,122
T/Glen Rose3,407-3,122
T/Mooringsport4,204-3,919
BMA5,135-4,850
Base Mas. Anhydrite5,140-4,855
James LimeJAMES5,636-5,351
James Lime5,636-5,351
Pettit5,926-5,641
T/Pettet5,929-5,644
Travis Peak6,250-5,965

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,4286,442Perforated
6,5866,592Perforated
6,6046,608Perforated
7,0467,057Perforated
7,6087,620Perforated
7,7187,726Perforated
7,8097,813Perforated
7,8227,832Perforated
7,9017,906Perforated
7,9347,938Perforated
7,9457,949Perforated
7,9567,961Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62567412.25390 S
5.58,1997.8751,300 S
5.58,2007.8751,300 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 17, 1999Jul 7, 1999Yes
00Sep 3, 1999——
00Jun 21, 1994May 23, 1994—
00Apr 20, 1994Jan 27, 1994Yes
00Mar 11, 1994——
00Aug 11, 1993Jul 15, 1993—
00Jun 15, 1989May 22, 1989Yes
00Jun 3, 1989——

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.

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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