WELL · 42-383-32781 · DISTRICT 7

Hughes D. E. #3

Plugged

Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Hughes D. E. #3 (API 42-383-32781) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged June 27, 2013, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 17, 1983, permitted to 8,400 ft.

It was permitted by Moran Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp.

Its lease has reported 39.2K barrels of oil and 793K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2017. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.

Permitted by Moran Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Spring, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 8, 2026
Permits on file
15,619
Phone
(972) 444-4001

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.
Production reportsPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.through Dec 2016
Latest permitMoran Exploration, Inc.Oct 17, 1983

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

8,400
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 17, 1983
last permit issued
Jan 24, 1984
completed
39.2K
cumulative oil, bbl
793K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2017

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 24, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 27, 2013

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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hughes, D. E. O-9-1353Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.439.2K793KJan 1993 – Aug 2017

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.

  1. 1Amax Oil & Gas Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1993
  2. 2Consolidated Oil & Gas, IncMay 1993 → Aug 1995
  3. 3Hugoton Energy CorporationSep 1995 → Mar 1998
  4. 4Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 1998 → Sep 1999
  5. 5Nadel and Gussman Permian,l.l.c.Oct 1999 → Oct 2004
  6. 6Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Nov 2004 → Apr 2006
  7. 7Cimarex Energy Co. of ColoradoMay 2006 → Dec 2007
  8. 8Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Jan 2008 → Feb 2016

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
217567-99DrillMoran Exploration, Inc.Oct 17, 1983Oct 17, 1983—8,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-9-1353————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,662 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
SpraberryMID. SPRABERRY6,577-3,915
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY6,888-4,226
Dean7,432-4,770
Wolfcamp7,608-4,946

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,0366,419Perforated
6,4757,192Perforated
7,4267,972Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37544717.5500 S
8.6253,02211300 S
4.58,0657.8751,200 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
00May 10, 1984Apr 27, 1984—
00May 5, 1984Apr 27, 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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