WELL · 42-461-31778 · DISTRICT 7
University 3-9 #1
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
University 3-9 #1 (API 42-461-31778) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged October 29, 2025, last operated by Pitts Energy CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 15, 1981, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Cotton Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Pitts Energy CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 138K barrels of oil and 167K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cotton Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 3, 2026
- Permits on file
- 234
- Phone
- (432) 682-4101
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pitts Energy Co. |
| Production reports | Pitts Energy Co.through Mar 2024 |
| Latest permit | Cotton Petroleum Corp.Jun 15, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 15, 1981
- last permit issued
- Oct 28, 1981
- completed
- 138K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 167K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 28, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 29, 2025
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University "3-9" O-9-9459 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Pitts Energy Co. | 2 | 138K | 167K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Snyder Oil CorporationJan 1993 → Sep 1995
- 2Coda Energy, Inc.Oct 1995 → Aug 1998
- 3Belco Energy Corp.Sep 1998 → Feb 2002
- 4Westport Oil and Gas Company, LPMar 2002 → May 2002
- 5Pitts Energy Co.Jun 2002 → Mar 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120922-99 | Drill | Cotton Petroleum Corp. | Jun 15, 1981 | Jun 15, 1981 | Sep 7, 1981 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-9459 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,361 | 8,073 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 640 | 11 | 625 S |
| 2.375 | 8,180 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 8,218 | 7.875 | 1,000 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 | Mar 16, 1982 | — |
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 42-461-31778 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-31778 → 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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