WELL · 42-497-33257 · DISTRICT 9
Motley Valton #3
Wise County · Chico West (Conglomerate 5700) field · Vertical
Motley Valton #3 (API 42-497-33257) is a well in Wise County operated by Carter Energy Corporation, completed January 26, 1988.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 18, 1987, permitted to 6,000 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Caddo.
Its 2 leases have reported 905 barrels of oil and 48.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Duncanville, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 5, 2010 · 140 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Carter Energy Corporation |
| Production reports | Carter Energy Corporationthrough Jun 2002 |
| Latest permit | Carter Energy Corp.Aug 18, 1987 |
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 18, 1987
- last permit issued
- Jan 26, 1988
- completed
- 905
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 48.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 26, 1988
- 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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motley, Valton G-13-173241 | Chico, West (Conglomerate 5700) | Sage Oil and Gas, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2.85K | Apr 1999 – Jul 2026 |
| Motley, Valton O-13-26954 | Chico, West (Conglomerate 5700) | Carter Energy Corporation | 1 | 905 | 45.9K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2006 |
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.
- 1Carter Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Jun 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334750-99 | Drill | Carter Energy Corp. | Aug 18, 1987 | Aug 18, 1987 | — | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-13-173241 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-13-26954 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 933 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CaddoCADDO LIME | 5,489 | -4,556 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,782 | 5,787 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 361 | 12.25 | 185 S |
| 4.5 | 6,023 | 7.875 | 500 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 | Aug 16, 1999 | May 12, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Jun 25, 1999 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 17, 1988 | Feb 17, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 24, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-497-33257 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-33257 → 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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