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Bolin M. R. 51 #3

Plugged

Van Zandt County · Van (Austin Chalk) field  · Vertical

Bolin M. R. 51 #3 (API 42-467-00844) is a plugged well in Van Zandt County, plugged February 25, 2009, last operated by Union Oil Company Of California.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 8, 1996, permitted to 2,927 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Wilcox, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk, Woodbine.

Its 2 leases have reported 7.26M barrels of oil and 4.65M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 193 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Union Oil Company of California

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Nov 18, 2020
Permits on file
2,336
Phone
(866) 212-1212

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBasa Resources Inc.
Production reportsBasa Resources, Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permitUnion Oil Company of CaliforniaMay 8, 1996

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

2,927
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 8, 1996
last permit issued
Jun 28, 1996
completed
7.26M
cumulative oil, bbl
4.65M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 28, 1996
Shut in
—
Plugged
Feb 25, 2009

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 193 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Central Van Woodbine Unit O-5-2453Van (Central-Woodbine)Basa Resources, Inc.1927.25M4.64MJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Bolin, M. R. 51 O-5-3527Van (Austin Chalk)Union Oil Company of California19.63K15.3KAug 1995 – Mar 2009

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 148,385 · prior 12 139,988(+6%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 62,537 · prior 12 61,904(+1%)

05K10K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Union Oil Company of CaliforniaJan 1993 → Dec 2020
  2. 2Basa Resources, Inc.Jan 2021 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
447907-99RecompletionUnion Oil Company of CaliforniaMay 8, 1996May 8, 1996Jun 23, 19962,927

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 28, 1996Bolin M. R. 51 O-5-3527Van (Austin Chalk)Union Oil Company of CaliforniaPlugged—
—Central Van Woodbine Unit O-5-2453Van (Central-Woodbine)Basa Resources Inc.Plugged—
—Bolin M. R. 51 O-5-1138VanUnion Oil Company of CaliforniaPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 477 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Wilcox40077
Pecan Gap1,510-1,033
Austin Chalk2,320-1,843
Woodbine2,660-2,183

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
2,3102,508Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7530014175 S
72,6409.875200 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 21, 1997Jul 25, 1996Yes
00Sep 27, 1996——
00Jan 12, 1984——

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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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