TEXAS · WELLS · GREGG COUNTY · VARGA GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-183-30499 · DISTRICT 06
Varga Gas Unit #1
Gregg County · Willow Springs (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
Varga Gas Unit #1 (API 42-183-30499) is a well in Gregg County operated by Buffco Production Inc., completed June 29, 1982 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 13, 1981, permitted to 10,779 ft.
It was permitted by Clemco and has since transferred to Buffco Production Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.98K barrels of oil and 477K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Clemco; 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 schedule | Buffco Production Inc. |
| Production reports | Buffco Production Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | ClemcoApr 13, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,779
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 13, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jun 29, 1982
- completed
- 3.98K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 477K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 29, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varga Gas Unit G-6-101219 | Willow Springs (Cotton Valley) | Buffco Production Inc. | 1 | 3.98K | 477K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 8,824 · prior 12 3,275(+169%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Altair Energy Corp.Jan 1993 → Sep 1993
- 2Smal Energy CorpOct 1993 → Jul 1995
- 3Little & Whyte Operating, Inc.Aug 1995 → Aug 1999
- 4Buffco Production Inc.Sep 1999 → Apr 2026
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1982 | Varga Gas Unit G-6-101219 | Willow Springs (Cotton Valley) | Buffco Production Inc. | Producing | 10,779 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,148 | 10,694 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,603 | 12.25 | 800 S |
| 2.875 | 8,214 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,779 | 8.75 | 1,650 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 6, 1982 | — |
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 42-183-30499 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-183-30499 → 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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