WELL · 42-439-30944 · DISTRICT 9

Estes #3

Plugged

Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field  · Vertical

Estes #3 (API 42-439-30944) is a plugged well in Tarrant County, plugged December 22, 2011, last operated by Grand Operating Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued July 21, 2004, permitted to 6,711 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Strawn, Atoka, Bend, Marble Falls.

Operator of record

Grand Operating Inc.

Addison, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 6, 2020 · 84 permits on file · (800) 756-2080

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleGrand Operating Inc.
Production reportsGrand Operating, Inc.through Nov 2011
Latest permitGrand Operating, Inc.Jul 21, 2004
6,711
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jul 21, 2004
last permit issued
Jul 22, 2005
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
530K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2004 THROUGH Dec 2011

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 22, 2005
Shut in
—
Plugged
Dec 22, 2011

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Estes G-13-206972Newark, East (Barnett Shale)Grand Operating, Inc.10530KSep 2004 – Dec 2011

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. 1Grand Operating, Inc.Jul 2005 → Nov 2011

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
548431-98DrillGrand Operating, Inc.Nov 9, 2005Jul 21, 2004Sep 13, 20046,711
548431-99DrillGrand Operating, Inc.Jul 19, 2004Jul 21, 2004Sep 13, 20046,700

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-13-206972————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 659 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Strawn1,330-671
AtokaATOKA CONGL.3,707-3,048
BendBEND CONGL.5,636-4,977
Marble FallsMARBLE FALLS LIME6,305-5,646
BarnettBARNETT SHALE6,450-5,791

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,4526,466Perforated
6,4526,619Perforated
6,4736,479Perforated
6,5106,518Perforated
6,5616,569Perforated
6,5726,578Perforated
6,5826,592Perforated
6,6086,619Perforated
9,5266,536Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62599612.25400 S
5.56,7117.875750 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
00Nov 8, 2005Aug 29, 2005—
00Jun 17, 2005Feb 23, 2005Yes
00Mar 23, 2005——

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). 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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