TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · MARATHON LEASE · API 42-383-33176 · DISTRICT 6E
Marathon #3
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Marathon #3 (API 42-383-33176) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged September 9, 2002, last operated by Bta Oil Producers LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 28, 1984, permitted to 6,490 ft.
It was permitted by Bta Oil Producers and has since transferred to Bta Oil Producers LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including U. Spraberry, Jo Mill.
Its lease has reported 236K barrels of oil and 1.27M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by BTA Oil Producers; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 8, 2025
- Permits on file
- 420
- Phone
- (432) 682-3753
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BTA Oil Producers LLC |
| Production reports | BTA Oil Producers, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | BTA Oil ProducersAug 28, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,490
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 28, 1984
- last permit issued
- Dec 1, 1984
- completed
- 236K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.27M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 1, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 9, 2002
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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon O-9-4243 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | 8 | 236K | 1.27M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 22,649 · prior 12 17,712(+28%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 2,054 · prior 12 2,029(+1%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1BTA Oil ProducersJan 1993 → Jan 2008
- 2BTA Oil Producers, LLCFeb 2008 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 249815-99 | Drill | BTA Oil Producers | Aug 27, 1984 | Aug 28, 1984 | Nov 17, 1984 | 6,490 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 1984 | Marathon O-9-4243 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | BTA Oil Producers LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,547 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| U. Spraberry | 5,490 | -2,943 |
| Jo Mill | 6,373 | -3,826 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,508 | 6,415 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 615 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 5.5 | 6,490 | 7.875 | 1,150 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 20, 1984 | Dec 11, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Dec 15, 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 42-383-33176 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-33176 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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