WELL · 42-199-30787 · DISTRICT 3

Arco Rafferty #1A

Plugged

Hardin County · Silsbee North (Yegua 2C) field  · Vertical

Arco Rafferty #1A (API 42-199-30787) is a plugged well in Hardin County, plugged November 1, 2023, last operated by Premium Exploration Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 10, 1999, permitted to 6,988 ft.

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

Its 3 leases have reported 13.9K barrels of oil and 225K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Premium Exploration Company

Early, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 29, 2025 · 29 permits on file · (713) 991-1180

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePremium Exploration Company
Production reportsPremium Exploration Companythrough Feb 2021
Latest permitPremium Exploration CompanyAug 10, 1999
6,988
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 10, 1999
last permit issued
Dec 7, 1999
completed
13.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
225K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 7, 1999
Shut in
—
Plugged
Nov 1, 2023

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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Arco Rafferty G-3-174036Silsbee, North (Yegua 2C)Premium Exploration Company10215KJul 1999 – Jul 2026
Arco Rafferty O-3-11386Silsbee, North (W-1)U.Y.A. Resources, LLC100Jan 1993 – Aug 2003
Arco Rafferty O-3-11250Silsbee, North (Yegua 2)Premium Exploration Company113.9K9.84KJan 1993 – Apr 2000

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. 1Bock & Bacon, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1994
  2. 2Gary Oil CompanyFeb 1994 → Apr 1994
  3. 3Carbon Oil IncMay 1994 → Jan 1996
  4. 4U.Y.A. Resources, LLCFeb 1996 → Aug 1998
  5. 5Premium Exploration CompanySep 1998 → Feb 2021

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
486464-99RecompletionPremium Exploration CompanyAug 6, 1999Aug 10, 1999Sep 28, 19986,988

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-174036————
—— O-3-11250————
—— O-3-11386————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 50 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yegua6,480-6,430
Wilcox9,690-9,640

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,8056,813Perforated
9,7059,712Perforated
—6,673Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,23612.25580 S
9.6251,23612.75580 S
2.3759,658——
5.59,9348.75516 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
00Mar 19, 2003Jan 27, 2003—
00Sep 15, 1999Aug 25, 1999Yes
00Sep 7, 1999——
00Jan 12, 1984Jan 26, 1977—
00Jan 12, 1984——

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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