WELL · 42-461-31757 · DISTRICT 7
Hanks A #3
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Hanks A #3 (API 42-461-31757) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged January 22, 1999, last operated by Hec Petroleum Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 8, 1981, permitted to 9,300 ft.
It was permitted by Saxon Oil Company and has since transferred to Hec Petroleum Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 14.7K barrels of oil and 41.9K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2004. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Saxon Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 3, 2006
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hec Petroleum Inc. |
| Production reports | Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.through Dec 1996 |
| Latest permit | Saxon Oil CompanyApr 8, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 8, 1981
- last permit issued
- Sep 10, 1981
- completed
- 14.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 41.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 10, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 22, 1999
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanks "A" O-9-8893 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Hec Petroleum, Inc. | 4 | 14.7K | 41.9K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2004 |
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.
- 1Hallwood Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Nov 1994
- 2Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Dec 1994 → Dec 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114279-99 | Drill | Saxon Oil Company | Apr 8, 1981 | Apr 8, 1981 | — | 9,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-8893 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,477 | 9,047 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,182 | 11 | 425 S |
| 2.375 | 8,539 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,200 | 7.875 | 700 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 | Sep 16, 1981 | — |
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 42-461-31757 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-31757 → scanned completion filings
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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