WELL · 42-461-34731 · DISTRICT 7
McElroy Ranch #3
Upton County · Wilshire (Consolidated) field · Vertical
Mcelroy Ranch #3 (API 42-461-34731) is a permitted well in Upton County filed by Southwest Royalties, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2005 and 2007, permitted to 12,598 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Strawn, Devonian.
Its 2 leases have reported 356K barrels of oil and 2.39M mcf of gas since May 2005, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 497
- Phone
- (432) 685-9038
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Southwest Royalties Inc. |
| Production reports | Southwest Royalties, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Southwest Royalties, Inc.Jul 20, 2007 |
- 12,598
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 20, 2007
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 356K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.39M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2005 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McElroy Ranch O-9-16427 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Southwest Royalties, Inc. | 2 | 356K | 2.39M | Jun 2007 – Jul 2026 |
| McElroy Ranch O-9-15970 | Wilshire (Consolidated) | Southwest Royalties, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | May 2005 – Mar 2008 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 4,624 · prior 12 13,046(-65%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 282 · prior 12 377(-25%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Southwest Royalties, Inc.Jun 2007 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 641819-99 | Recompletion | Southwest Royalties, Inc. | Jul 3, 2007 | Jul 20, 2007 | Jun 15, 2007 | 12,598 |
| 557090-99 | Drill | Southwest Royalties, Inc. | Feb 1, 2005 | Feb 1, 2005 | Feb 21, 2005 | 12,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-15970 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-16427 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,787 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,160 | 10,316 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 426 | 17.5 | 475 S |
| 8.625 | 4,986 | 11 | 1,700 S |
| 4.5 | 12,598 | 7.875 | 1,750 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 | Mar 6, 2008 | Jul 23, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 29, 2008 | Sep 20, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 3, 2006 | Sep 20, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 12, 2006 | — | — |
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 42-461-34731 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-34731 → 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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