WELL · 42-431-30659 · DISTRICT 7
Superior-Knight #3
Sterling County · Jameson (Strawn) field · Vertical
Superior-Knight #3 (API 42-431-30659) is a plugged well in Sterling County, plugged May 22, 2015, last operated by Bob Hughes Oil Company LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 3, 1978, permitted to 7,600 ft.
It was permitted by Koch Expl.CO.Div.Of Koch Ind.Inc and has since transferred to Bob Hughes Oil Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 14K barrels of oil and 115K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2022. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Koch Expl.co.div.of Koch Ind.inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Angelo, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 17 permits on file · (325) 653-0693
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bob Hughes Oil Company LLC |
| Production reports | Virtex Operating Company, Inc.through Jan 2021 |
| Latest permit | Koch Expl.co.div.of Koch Ind.incApr 3, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 3, 1978
- last permit issued
- May 12, 1978
- completed
- 14K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 115K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 12, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 22, 2015
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior-Knight O-9-7529 | Jameson (Strawn) | Bob Hughes Oil Company, LLC | 3 | 14K | 115K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2022 |
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.
- 1Koch Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Mar 1995
- 2Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.Apr 1995 → Jan 2008
- 3Virtex Operating Company, Inc.Feb 2008 → Aug 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21457-99 | Drill | Koch Expl.co.div.of Koch Ind.inc | Apr 3, 1978 | Apr 3, 1978 | Apr 16, 1978 | 7,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-7529 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,218 | 7,328 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 592 | 11 | 200 S |
| 2.375 | 7,398 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 7,442 | 7.875 | 1,025 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 14, 1978 | — |
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 42-431-30659 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-431-30659 → scanned completion filings
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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