TEXAS · WELLS · STEPHENS COUNTY · O-8-12827 LEASE · API 42-429-34887 · DISTRICT 6E
Ward E.C. #3
Stephens County · Stephens County Regular field · Vertical
Ward E.C. #3 (API 42-429-34887) is a plugged well in Stephens County, plugged March 23, 1992, last operated by Oryx Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 26, 1987, permitted to 4,000 ft.
It was permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Abilene and has since transferred to Oryx Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Caddo.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Abilene; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 1998
- Permits on file
- 1,627
- Phone
- (972) 715-4000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Oryx Energy Company |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-AbileneJun 26, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 26, 1987
- last permit issued
- Aug 2, 1987
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 2, 1987
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 23, 1992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — O-8-12827 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Ward E.C.
Oryx Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Stephens 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 wellsPermits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332135-99 | Drill | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Abilene | Jun 26, 1987 | Jun 26, 1987 | — | 4,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1987 | Ward E.C. O-8-12827 | Stephens County Regular | Oryx Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,234 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 3,156 | -1,922 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,156 | 3,160 | Perforated |
| 3,170 | 3,182 | Perforated |
| 3,200 | 3,202 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 183 | 12.25 | 125 S |
| 5.5 | 3,372 | 7.875 | 650 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 | Aug 21, 1987 | Aug 11, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 15, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-429-34887 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-429-34887 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 377K
- bbl, all reported
- Apr 1993
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000062948 | H-1 Injection | Plugged Apr 6, 1992 | 5,500 | 1,500 | 3,150–3,230 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 113,731(-100%)
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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