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Captain Bill McDonald #1

Shut in

Hardeman County · Crossroads (Strawn) field · Shut In  · Horizontal

Captain Bill Mcdonald #1 (API 42-197-31729) is a horizontal well in Hardeman County operated by Buffco Production Inc., completed March 1, 2017 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2020.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 2015 and 2017, permitted to 8,750 ft.

Completion filings report 15 formation tops, including Coleman Junction, Permian (undifferentiated), Cisco, Canyon.

Its 4 leases have reported 730 barrels of oil since January 2016, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Buffco Production Inc.

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

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBuffco Production Inc.
Production reportsBuffco Production Inc.through Sep 2019
Latest permitBuffco Production Inc.May 15, 2017
8,750
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
May 15, 2017
last permit issued
Mar 1, 2017
completed
730
cumulative oil, bbl
0
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2016 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 1, 2017
Shut in
Mar 1, 2020
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33652Crossroads (Strawn)Buffco Production Inc.17300Mar 2017 – Jul 2026
Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33578Chillicothe, S. (Bend Congl.)Buffco Production Inc.100Aug 2016 – Nov 2017
Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33502Near (Miss)Buffco Production Inc.100Mar 2016 – Jan 2017
Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33447WildcatBuffco Production Inc.100Jan 2016 – May 2016

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. 1Buffco Production Inc.Mar 2017 → Sep 2019

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
826203-99RecompletionBuffco Production Inc.May 3, 2017May 15, 2017Feb 20, 20178,750
818290-99RecompletionBuffco Production Inc.Sep 6, 2016Sep 15, 2016Aug 22, 20168,750
812506-99DrillBuffco Production Inc.Dec 7, 2015Dec 10, 2015Mar 15, 20169,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 1, 2017Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33652Crossroads (Strawn)Buffco Production Inc.Shut In · shut in Mar 1, 20208,750
Dec 16, 2016Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33578Chillicothe S. (Bend Congl.)Buffco Production Inc.Not on Schedule—
Mar 30, 2016Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33502Near (Miss)Buffco Production Inc.Not on Schedule—
Jan 26, 2016Captain Bill McDonald O-13-33447WildcatBuffco Production Inc.Not on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,513 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Coleman Junction600913
Permian (undifferentiated)PERMIAN2,480-967
Cisco3,000-1,487
Canyon4,880-3,367
Palo Pinto5,612-4,099
Strawn5,761-4,248
Conglomerates7,289-5,776
Holmes Sand7,620-6,107
BarnettBARNETT SHALE8,100-6,587
Meramec Shale8,324-6,811
Meramec Shale8,406-6,893
BarnettBARNETT SHALE——
Canyon——
Chappel——
Chester——
Cisco——
Coleman Junction——
Ellenburger——
Holmes Sand——
Mississippian——
Osage——
Palo Pinto——
Permian (undifferentiated)PERMIAN——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,8805,890Perforated
7,3757,444Perforated
8,5708,688Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62546012.25235 S
5.58,7408.75515 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
00Oct 12, 2017May 23, 2017Yes
00Feb 22, 2017Feb 13, 2017—
00Nov 14, 2016Nov 3, 2016Yes
00May 20, 2016Apr 19, 2016Yes
00Mar 10, 2016Feb 24, 2016Yes

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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