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OPERATORS · RRC 106406  · P-5 STATUS Y

Buffco Prod Inc

Longview, TX · most active in Rusk County

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Buffco Prod Inc was issued 20 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 43% on the prior year, across 5 counties led by Rusk with 12. 5% were horizontal.

2 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 9 in the prior quarter. 1 was issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 492 wells under its operatorship (209 producing, 9 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 1.16M barrels of oil and 5.1M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 11% on the year before.

It holds 7 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 353K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

396 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1991; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 4, 2025.

20
permits, last 12 months
+43%
vs prior 12 months (14)
5
counties, 12 months
209
producing wells, of 492 of record
728
leases it reports
5%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

62%
spud rate · 238 of 385 mature permits
70
median days permit to spud · middle half 20–156
1
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 1 permits
156
expired undrilled
11
permits a year over 36 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 42 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 27 · prior 12 23(+17%)

051020222023202420252026

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Rusk county →125951Aug 13, 2026
Harrison county →346130Jul 2, 2026
Hardeman county →32229Jan 13, 2026
Zavala county →17746Oct 22, 2026
Panola county →14237Jul 6, 2026
Gregg county →—3246Aug 27, 2025
Cass county →—2017May 29, 2020
Cherokee county →—1818May 19, 2023
Burleson county →—163Jan 30, 2017
Dimmit county →—100Oct 27, 2014
Callahan county →—62Jun 10, 2015
Marion county →—67May 3, 2018
Milam county →—64Aug 15, 2025
Shelby county →—54Nov 9, 2018
Upshur county →—528Feb 12, 2025
Leon county →—41Nov 10, 2016
Angelina county →—33Aug 26, 2016
Frio county →—31Oct 21, 2014
Walker county →—33Aug 15, 2006
Nacogdoches county →—26May 28, 2019
Anderson county →—15Jul 21, 2015
Cottle county →—11May 16, 2018
Foard county →—12Jan 8, 2019
Freestone county →—15Mar 24, 1999
Henderson county →—12Jun 17, 2010
King county →—10Oct 17, 2017
LA Salle county →—10Jul 27, 2011
Madison county →—14Apr 12, 2021
Navarro county →—11Aug 14, 2009
Red River county →—10Jun 20, 2003
Sabine county →—13Mar 9, 2009

All 396 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Travis Peak647
Pettit628
Rodessa607
Austin Chalk567
Eagle Ford517
Cotton Valley437
Escondido416
Olmos280
San Miguel170
Anacacho130
James Lime100
Paluxy102
Nacatoch92
Woodbine81
Pecan Gap81

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

1.16M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-11%
vs the 12 months before
5.1M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
10.9M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 1,156,325 · prior 12 1,296,701(-11%)

050K100K150K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 5,096,892 · prior 12 2,823,510(+81%)

0200K400K600K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

492
on the schedule
209
producing
9
shut in
3
injection
52
temp. abandoned
149
plugged

How it got them

149
permitted itself
308
acquired from others
33
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

7
active UIC permits of 23
32.4K
permitted bbl/day, active
353K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Zavala2 active20K bbl/d
Harrison1 active5K bbl/d
Rusk1 active4K bbl/d
Hardeman3 active3.4K bbl/d
Smith0 active0 bbl/d
Nueces0 active0 bbl/d
Anderson0 active0 bbl/d
Upshur0 active0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion1812132
Drill12249
Reenter006
Reclass015
Field transfer004

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

FieldWellsProducing
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)120182004139
Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)664612753725
Lansing North (Travis Peak)520028003321
Willow Springs (Cotton Valley)977521001811
Carthage (Cotton Valley)16032174139
Lansing N. (Cotton Valley Lo.)52002050129
Willow Springs (Travis Peak)97752830113
Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.)6179211183
Wildcat2400170
Lassater (Cotton Valley)5223933372
Cedar Springs (Travis Peak 9000)1661375070
Waskom (Hurley Orr)9536932071

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 4, 2025
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
P O Box 2243
Longview, TX 75606
(903) 736-4697
Officers and agents
Bufkin, Frank M III · President
Moore, Jason Taylor · Secretary,vice President

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919363Oct 24, 2026Oct 22, 2026Buffco Production Inc.ZavalaHargrove a-Lackey (AW) #1HH13,00050733582
917765Aug 15, 2026Aug 13, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskHenderson 'E' #810,85040132970
917355Jul 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskBenton 'Q' #2010,95040133765
917349Jul 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskBenton 'C' #510,85040133355
917347Jul 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskBenton 'A' #210,85040133277
917053Jul 13, 2026Jul 13, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskHenderson 'E' #810,85040132970
916773Jul 6, 2026Jul 6, 2026Buffco Production Inc.PanolaBowen #610,36036536578
916805Jul 2, 2026Jul 2, 2026Buffco Production Inc.HarrisonFlying LL Trust #112,31620334617
916134Jun 8, 2026Jun 8, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskYandle Unit No. 2 #110,82040130950
915643May 18, 2026May 18, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskSparkman Gas Unit #210,83040134901
915580May 15, 2026May 15, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskYandle, W.A. Estate #110,86040130830
914045Mar 13, 2026Mar 13, 2026Buffco Production Inc.HarrisonLatham #110,75920333563
913299Feb 9, 2026Feb 9, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskSparkman Gas Unit #310,85040134978
913246Feb 6, 2026Feb 6, 2026Buffco Production Inc.HarrisonBell, Charlie #310,08420333583
912635Jan 14, 2026Jan 14, 2026Buffco Production Inc.RuskWilma #17,70040134730

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/106406, documented in the API reference.