WELL · 42-493-31005 · DISTRICT 1

Gorden-Wells #3

Plugged

Wilson County · Kaye (Navarro) field · Vertical

Gorden-Wells #3 (API 42-493-31005) is a plugged well in Wilson County, plugged November 4, 2008, last operated by Caltex Energy CO..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 15, 1981, permitted to 2,700 ft.

It was permitted by Mattke, Paul and has since transferred to Caltex Energy CO. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 3.19K barrels of oil and 71 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2009. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Caltex Energy Co.

Permitted by Mattke, Paul; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Luling, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 7, 2011

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Caltex Energy Co.
Production reports	Caltex Energy Co.through Aug 2004
Latest permit	Mattke, PaulOct 15, 1981

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

2,700: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 15, 1981: last permit issued
Apr 1, 1982: completed
3.19K: cumulative oil, bbl
71: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2009

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Apr 1, 1982
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 4, 2008

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 lease 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
Gorden-Wells O-1-1957	Kaye (Navarro)	Caltex Energy Co.	3	3.19K	71	Jan 1993 – Jan 2009

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.

1Mattke, PaulJan 1993 → Feb 1993
2Caddell Well ServiceAug 1993 → Dec 1994
3Caddell Well Service, Inc.Jan 1995 → Jan 1999
4Garner, LarryFeb 1999 → Feb 2002
5Matrix Producing CompanyApr 2002 → May 2002
6Caltex Energy Co.Jan 2004 → Aug 2004

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
136714-99	Drill	Mattke, Paul	Oct 15, 1981	Oct 15, 1981	—	2,700

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-1957	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,598	2,606	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8	100	—	—
2	2,550	—	—
4.5	2,683	6.75	318 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	Jan 12, 1984	May 17, 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 42-493-31005 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-493-31005 → scanned completion filings

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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