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Matthews #2

Plugged

De Witt County · Brushy Creek S. (Wilcox 13900) field  · Vertical

Matthews #2 (API 42-123-31864) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged August 1, 2022, last operated by Buffco Production Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1999 and 2004, permitted to 17,000 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Buffco Production Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Yegua, Wilcox.

Operator of record

Buffco Production Inc.

Permitted by El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Longview, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Nov 14, 2025
Permits on file
397
Phone
(903) 988-8199

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBuffco Production Inc.
Production reportsBuffco Production Inc.through Nov 2020
Latest permitEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Dec 22, 2004

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

17,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 22, 2004
last permit issued
Sep 15, 2020
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
465K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1999 THROUGH Aug 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 15, 2020
Shut in
—
Plugged
Aug 1, 2022

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Matthews G-2-176365Brushy Creek, S. (Wilcox 13900)Buffco Production Inc.10465KDec 1999 – Aug 2023

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.

  1. 1Coastal Oil & Gas CorporationDec 1999 → Jun 2001
  2. 2El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
  3. 3El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Feb 2008
  4. 4Smith Production Inc.Mar 2008 → Apr 2008
  5. 5Crimson Exploration Oper., Inc.May 2008 → Jun 2013
  6. 6Buffco Production Inc.Sep 2020 → Nov 2020

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
555215-99RecompletionEl Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Dec 22, 2004Dec 22, 2004—17,000
487294-99DrillCoastal Oil & Gas CorporationSep 7, 1999Sep 7, 1999Sep 13, 199917,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Sep 15, 2020Matthews G-2-176365Brushy Creek S. (Wilcox 13900)Buffco Production Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 181 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yegua5,350-5,169
Wilcox7,680-7,499
WilcoxWILCOX 1390012,900-12,719

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,93013,074Perforated
12,93013,848Perforated
13,14413,154Perforated
13,55013,576Perforated
13,74013,848Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3753,01017.52,125 S
56,9936.5—
4.56,9936.51,825 S
9.62510,55012.251,815 S
4.516,5006.51,825 S
4.516,5056.51,150 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 27, 2021Oct 28, 2020—
00Jan 5, 2006May 24, 2005—
00Jun 5, 2000Feb 1, 2000Yes
00Apr 7, 2000——

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.

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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