WELL · 42-461-33863 · DISTRICT 7
Arco AB 3 #1
Upton County · Webb Ray (Ellenburger) field · Vertical
Arco AB 3 #1 (API 42-461-33863) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged September 18, 2019, last operated by Forest Oil Corporation.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1997 and 2002, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by BP America Production Company and has since transferred to Forest Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg, Wlfcmp, Wolfcamp.
Its 2 leases have reported 31.3K barrels of oil since January 1998, last reporting in January 2020. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by BP America Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 6, 2016
- Permits on file
- 1,861
- Phone
- (832) 242-9600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Forest Oil Corporation |
| Production reports | BP America Production Companythrough Oct 2002 |
| Latest permit | BP America Production CompanySep 5, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Sep 5, 2002
- last permit issued
- Jan 13, 1998
- completed
- 31.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1998 THROUGH Jan 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 13, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 18, 2019
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 2 leases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco AB "3" O-9-15348 | Wildcat | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | Nov 2002 – Jan 2020 |
| Arco AB "3" O-9-14742 | Webb Ray (Ellenburger) | Forest Oil Corporation | 1 | 31.3K | 0 | Jan 1998 – Mar 2008 |
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.
- 1Arco PermianJan 1998 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Oct 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523419-98 | Recompletion | BP America Production Company | Feb 19, 2003 | Sep 5, 2002 | Nov 6, 2002 | 8,953 |
| 523419-99 | Recompletion | BP America Production Company | Sep 5, 2002 | Sep 5, 2002 | — | 6,990 |
| 468344-99 | Drill | Arco Permian | Oct 2, 1997 | Oct 6, 1997 | Nov 13, 1997 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-14742 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-15348 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,610 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,757 | 6,777 | Perforated |
| 6,945 | 7,034 | Perforated |
| 8,474 | 8,670 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 463 | 17.5 | 370 S |
| 13.375 | 463 | — | 370 S |
| 8.625 | 4,011 | 12.25 | 1,585 S |
| 8.625 | 4,011 | — | 1,585 S |
| 5.5 | 8,752 | 7.875 | 726 S |
| 5.5 | 8,752 | — | 726 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 | Apr 7, 2003 | Feb 5, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 13, 2003 | Feb 12, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 27, 1998 | Feb 12, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 2, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-461-33863 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-33863 → 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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