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OPERATORS · RRC 882930  · P-5 STATUS Y

Varn Petro Co

Stafford, KS

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Varn Petro CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 31, 1981.

The RRC wellbore file lists 36 wells under its operatorship.

49 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 3, 1999.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 36 of record
1
leases it reports
—
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.

27%
spud rate · 13 of 49 mature permits
26
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–49
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
36
expired undrilled
10
permits a year over 5 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Nueces county →—134Dec 31, 1981
San Patricio county →—75Oct 20, 1981
Duval county →—50Jul 14, 1981
Goliad county →—54Jan 29, 1981
DE Witt county →—42Jan 13, 1981
Hidalgo county →—34Dec 31, 1981
Starr county →—30Mar 5, 1979
Jim Wells county →—22May 29, 1980
Victoria county →—23May 2, 1978
Brooks county →—11Oct 11, 1977
Jackson county →—14Jul 12, 1979
Jim Hogg county →—10Aug 11, 1981
Jones county →—12Oct 26, 1978
Zavala county →—10May 23, 1978

All 49 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
Coleman Junction10
Gunsight10
Saddle Creek10

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 →

0
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
0
bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

36
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
14
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
2
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

0
active UIC permits of 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Hidalgo0 active0 bbl/d
Taylor0 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
Drill0030
Recompletion0011
Other008

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
Midway W.(6630)6116270020
Jones County Regular4711300120
Taylor County Regular8852000120
Thomaston (Yegua 4900)8950975020
Carmichael W. (2900)1573840010
Clara Driscoll S. (5040)1851857810
Bailey E (6160)503285010
Foy (9600)3243585010
Callaboose West (5100)1479285210
Franke (Yegua)3262533310
Indian Creek(fb-F TM-a Up.)4439275210
Foy (6600)3243566610

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 3, 1999
Address
226 S Buffalo St
Stafford, KS 67578
Officers and agents
Varn, Stewart · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
281883Aug 6, 1985Aug 6, 1985Fields Exploration, Inc.BeeMurphy, W. C. "B" #13,26502530027
146230Dec 31, 1981Dec 31, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.HidalgoMitchell, A.F. #1A9,90021530261
146178Dec 31, 1981Dec 31, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.NuecesLevy #15,70035531480
137342Oct 20, 1981Oct 20, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.San PatricioHill, Oma E. #1 U7,10040931329
129554Aug 11, 1981Aug 11, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.Jim HoggMestena Oil & Gas #14,70024731315
125019Jul 14, 1981Jul 14, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.DuvalCasas #23,00013135252
121186Jun 16, 1981Jun 16, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.NuecesLevy #15,70035531480
116162Apr 27, 1981Apr 27, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.DuvalRuiz #13,10013135202
116044Apr 27, 1981Apr 27, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.DuvalCuellar #13,20813135201
115980Apr 24, 1981Apr 24, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.DuvalCasas #13,00813135200
106759Jan 29, 1981Jan 29, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.GoliadVogt, A. S. #13,80017531353
107418Jan 20, 1981Jan 20, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.GoliadSlafka, Diana Kay Schrade et AL #15,36217531455
105856Jan 13, 1981Jan 13, 1981Varn Petroleum Co.DE WittHaun #13,10012331125
98959Nov 13, 1980Nov 13, 1980Varn Petroleum Co.NuecesMorgan, Rand #1A5,85035531672
97756Oct 29, 1980Oct 29, 1980Varn Petroleum Co.San PatricioHill, Oma #17,10040931329

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/882930, documented in the API reference.