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Porter #1

Plugged

Harrison County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field  · Vertical

Permitted field
Longview, East (Cotton Valley)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Porter #1 (API 42-203-31066) is a plugged well in Harrison County, plugged October 6, 2026, last operated by Buffco Production Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 1, 1983, permitted to 10,940 ft.

It was permitted by Reynolds Drilling CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Buffco Production Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Pettit, Base Cv B Lime, Base Cv "B" Lm.

Its lease has reported 2.42K barrels of oil and 529K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in June 2023.

Operator of record

Buffco Production Inc.

Permitted by Reynolds Drilling Co., Inc.; 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 Jun 2023
Latest permitReynolds Drilling Co., Inc.Sep 1, 1983

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

10,940
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 1, 1983
last permit issued
Aug 2, 1996
completed
2.42K
cumulative oil, bbl
529K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 2, 1996
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 6, 2026

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.

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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
Porter G-6-111463Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)Buffco Production Inc.12.42K529KJan 1993 – Jun 2023

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0200400202420252026

Wells named Porter

Buffco Production Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Harrison County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Reynolds Drilling Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1996
  2. 2Arrowhead Enterprises, Inc.Apr 1996 → Apr 2001
  3. 3Arrowhead Energy Exp., LLCMay 2001 → Jul 2001
  4. 4Hibbard EnergyAug 2001 → Nov 2001
  5. 5Buffco Production Inc.Dec 2001 → Jun 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
211133-99DrillReynolds Drilling Co., Inc.Jul 5, 1984Sep 1, 1983—10,940

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 2, 1996Porter G-6-111463Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)Buffco Production Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 322 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin ChalkBASE AUSTIN CH3,894-3,572
PettitPETTET7,126-6,804
PettitTOP PETTET7,126-6,804
Base CV B Lime9,260-8,938
Base CV "B" LM9,260-8,938
Taylor10,440-10,118
TaylorTOP TAYLOR10,440-10,118

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,2989,470Perforated
10,44210,750Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,05512.25850 S
4.510,9407.8751,200 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 26, 1996Aug 7, 1996—
00Jul 27, 1984Jul 6, 1984—
00Jul 26, 1984Jul 6, 1984—

The source documents

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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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