TEXAS · WELLS · ZAVALA COUNTY · TORTUGA B UNIT LEASE · API 42-507-32342 · DISTRICT 01
Tortuga B Unit #3
Zavala County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Tortuga B Unit #3 (API 42-507-32342) is a plugged horizontal well in Zavala County, plugged December 27, 2023, last operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued June 21, 1990, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Famcor Oil, Inc and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Olmos, Chalk.
Its lease has reported 417K barrels of oil and 178K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Famcor Oil, Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 54
- Phone
- (713) 337-4600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Crescent Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Crescent Energy Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Famcor Oil, IncJun 21, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 21, 1990
- last permit issued
- Aug 22, 1990
- completed
- 417K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 178K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 22, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 27, 2023
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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tortuga B Unit O-1-12425 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 7 | 417K | 178K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 6,163 · prior 12 5,469(+13%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Famcor Oil, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1998
- 2Ceniza Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1999 → Jul 2000
- 3Tiza, Inc.Aug 2000 → Jul 2003
- 4First Rock, Inc.Aug 2003 → Apr 2005
- 5Sage Energy CompanyAug 2005 → Jun 2011
- 6Crimson Exploration Oper., Inc.Jul 2011 → Dec 2019
- 7Contango Resources, Inc.Jan 2020 → Dec 2021
- 8Contango Resources, LLCJan 2022 → Oct 2025
- 9Crescent Energy Operating, LLCNov 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374728-98 | Drill | Famcor Oil, Inc | Nov 9, 1990 | Jun 21, 1990 | — | 7,000 |
| 374728-99 | Drill | Famcor Oil, Inc | Jun 21, 1990 | Jun 21, 1990 | — | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1990 | Tortuga B Unit O-1-12425 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Crescent Energy Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 608 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 3,893 | -3,285 |
| Chalk | 5,832 | -5,224 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,832 | 6,040 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,368 | 12.25 | 530 S |
| 7 | 5,902 | 8.75 | 160 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 | Sep 26, 1991 | Aug 30, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 12, 1991 | — | — |
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 42-507-32342 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-507-32342 → 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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