TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · API 42-461-31889 · DISTRICT 6E
Powell 20A #3
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · NO Production · Vertical
Powell 20a #3 (API 42-461-31889) is a well in Upton County operated by Ovintiv USA Inc., completed September 24, 1982 and listed as no production on the RRC schedule, shut in September 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 18, 1982, permitted to 9,250 ft.
It was permitted by Cox, John L. and has since transferred to Ovintiv USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Redbeds, Spraberry, Dean.
Its 2 leases have reported 110K barrels of oil and 421K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in August 2025. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cox, John L.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Denver, CO
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 12, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,394
- Phone
- (720) 876-5176
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ovintiv USA Inc. |
| Production reports | Ovintiv USA Inc.through Aug 2025 |
| Latest permit | Cox, John L.Feb 18, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,250
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 18, 1982
- last permit issued
- Sep 24, 1982
- completed
- 110K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 421K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH AUG 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 24, 1982
- Shut in
- Sep 1, 2025
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell 20A O-9-21399 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Ovintiv USA Inc. | 2 | 1.4K | 18.7K | Nov 2021 – Aug 2025 |
| Powell "20" O-9-9207 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 3 | 109K | 402K | by Jan 1993 – Oct 2021 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 15 · prior 12 106(-86%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 372 · prior 12 1,177(-68%)
Wells named Powell 20A
Ovintiv USA Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Upton 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 wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Parker & Parsley Development Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Parker & Parsley Development L.PMar 1995 → Aug 1997
- 3Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Sep 1997 → Oct 2021
- 4Ovintiv USA Inc.Nov 2021 → Aug 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150964-99 | Drill | Cox, John L. | Feb 18, 1982 | Feb 18, 1982 | — | 9,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 1982 | Powell 20A O-9-21399 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Ovintiv USA Inc. | NO Production · shut in Sep 1, 2025 | 9,250 |
| Sep 24, 1982 | Powell 20 O-9-9207 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,890 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,729 | 9,226 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 395 | 17 | 400 S |
| 8.625 | 4,990 | 11 | 1,000 S |
| 2.375 | 7,550 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,240 | 7.875 | 1,400 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 | Jan 6, 2022 | Nov 3, 2021 | — |
| 00 | Nov 8, 2021 | Oct 4, 1982 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Oct 4, 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 42-461-31889 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-31889 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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