TEXAS · WELLS · WISE COUNTY · CRAFT WATER BOARD LEASE · API 42-497-32011 · DISTRICT 7C
Craft Water Board #3
Wise County · Paulita J. (Bryson) field · Vertical
Craft Water Board #3 (API 42-497-32011) is a plugged well in Wise County, plugged September 12, 1997, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 29, 1980, permitted to 2,305 ft.
It was permitted by Enserch Exploration, Inc and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 7.32K barrels of oil and 6.18K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Enserch Exploration, Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,049
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Mar 1997 |
| Latest permit | Enserch Exploration, IncOct 29, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,305
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 29, 1980
- last permit issued
- Nov 15, 1980
- completed
- 7.32K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6.18K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 15, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 12, 1997
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft Water Board O-13-20468 | Paulita J. (Bryson) | Merit Energy Company | 5 | 7.32K | 6.18K | Jan 1993 – Mar 1997 |
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.
- 1EP Operating Limited PartnershipJan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Enserch Exploration, IncMar 1995 → Mar 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97428-99 | Drill | Enserch Exploration, Inc | Oct 29, 1980 | Oct 29, 1980 | Nov 5, 1980 | 2,305 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1980 | Craft Water Board O-13-20468 | Paulita J. (Bryson) | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,250 | 2,256 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 362 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 2.375 | 2,265 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,305 | 7.875 | 250 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 18, 1980 | — |
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 42-497-32011 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-32011 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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