TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · CARTER ESTATE LEASE · API 42-365-33527 · DISTRICT 06
Carter Estate #3
Panola County · Carthage North (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Carthage (Cotton Valley) · Carthage, North (Cotton Valley)
- 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.
Carter Estate #3 (API 42-365-33527) is a well in Panola County operated by Tgnr East Texas II LLC, completed February 9, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued November 4, 1996, permitted to 9,939 ft.
It was permitted by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler and has since transferred to Tgnr East Texas II LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including BMA, Pettit, B/Cv 'B' Lm.
Its lease has reported 982 barrels of oil and 1.11M mcf of gas since February 1997, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 18, 2026
- Permits on file
- 162
- Phone
- (346) 308-2250
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | TGNR East Texas II LLC |
| Production reports | TGNR East Texas II LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Sonat Exploration Company -TylerNov 4, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,939
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 4, 1996
- last permit issued
- Feb 9, 1997
- completed
- 982
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.11M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1997 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 9, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Estate G-6-161978 | Carthage, North (Cotton Valley) | TGNR East Texas II LLC | 1 | 982 | 1.11M | Feb 1997 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 22,425 · prior 12 18,952(+18%)
Wells named Carter Estate
TGNR East Texas II LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Panola 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.
- 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerFeb 1997 → Nov 1998
- 2Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc.Dec 1998 → Sep 2001
- 3Samson Lone Star LPOct 2001 → Jun 2007
- 4Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Sep 2017
- 5Rockcliff Energy Operating LLCOct 2017 → Nov 2023
- 6TGNR East Texas II LLCDec 2023 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454762-98 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Jan 27, 1997 | Nov 4, 1996 | — | 10,000 |
| 454762-99 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Nov 4, 1996 | Nov 4, 1996 | Nov 30, 1996 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 1997 | Carter Estate G-6-161978 | Carthage North (Cotton Valley) | TGNR East Texas II LLC | Producing | 9,939 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 292 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,510 | 8,520 | Perforated |
| 8,560 | 8,570 | Perforated |
| 9,782 | 9,788 | Perforated |
| 9,812 | 9,822 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,031 | 12.25 | 410 S |
| 4.5 | 9,938 | 7.875 | 1,645 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 | Mar 24, 1997 | Feb 27, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 13, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-365-33527 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-33527 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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