TEXAS · WELLS · WHEELER COUNTY · STILES 18 LEASE · API 42-483-31796 · DISTRICT 08
Stiles 18 #3
Wheeler County · Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Stiles Ranch (Atoka) · Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Stiles 18 #3 (API 42-483-31796) is a well in Wheeler County operated by Formentera Operations LLC, completed October 5, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 8, 2004, permitted to 14,384 ft.
It was permitted by Apache Corporation and has since transferred to Formentera Operations LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Upper Caldwell, Caldwell, Cherokee, Granite Wash.
Its lease has reported 28.4K barrels of oil and 1.2M mcf of gas since October 2005, last reporting volume in August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Apache Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Austin, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 11, 2026
- Permits on file
- 94
- Phone
- (512) 514-5779
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Formentera Operations LLC |
| Production reports | Formentera Operations LLCthrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationDec 8, 2004 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,384
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 8, 2004
- last permit issued
- Oct 5, 2005
- completed
- 28.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.2M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · OCT 2005 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 5, 2005
- Shut in
- —
- 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 AUG 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stiles 18 G-14-212842 | Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) | Formentera Operations LLC | 1 | 28.4K | 1.2M | Oct 2005 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 4,728 · prior 12 5,794(-18%)
Wells named Stiles 18
Formentera Operations LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Wheeler 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.
- 1Apache CorporationOct 2005 → Dec 2014
- 2Tapstone Energy, LLCJan 2015 → May 2021
- 3Formentera Operations LLCJun 2021 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 554567-98 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Apr 25, 2005 | Dec 8, 2004 | Aug 7, 2005 | 16,000 |
| 554567-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Dec 8, 2004 | Dec 8, 2004 | Aug 7, 2005 | 16,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2005 | Stiles 18 G-14-212842 | Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) | Formentera Operations LLC | Producing | 14,384 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,248 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Caldwell | 12,533 | -10,285 |
| Caldwell | 12,650 | -10,402 |
| Cherokee | 12,760 | -10,512 |
| Granite WashGRANITE WASH A | 12,845 | -10,597 |
| Granite WashGRANITE WASH B | 13,040 | -10,792 |
| Granite WashGRANITE WASH C | 13,568 | -11,320 |
| Granite WashGRANITE WASH D | 14,040 | -11,792 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,996 | 12,656 | Perforated |
| 13,454 | 13,094 | Perforated |
| 13,539 | 14,116 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 298 | 17.5 | 400 S |
| 9.625 | 3,364 | 12.25 | 850 S |
| 4.5 | 14,384 | 7.875 | 700 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 | Mar 1, 2006 | Nov 28, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 27, 2005 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Oct 16, 2008. Density, Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Upper Caldwell, Caldwell, Cherokee, Granite Wash | TIFF | 12,000 to 14,384 | Oct 16, 2008run Sep 8, 2005 | 2.48 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-483-31796 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-483-31796 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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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