TEXAS · WELLS · HARRISON COUNTY · HIGHTOWER LEASE · API 42-203-31545 · DISTRICT 06
Hightower #1
Harrison County · Woodlawn SE. (Page) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Woodlawn (Pettit-Page) · Woodlawn (Travis Peak)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Hightower #1 (API 42-203-31545) is a plugged well in Harrison County, plugged May 20, 2013, last operated by Buffco Production Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 2, 1986, permitted to 7,200 ft.
It was permitted by Marshall Expl. Inc. and has since transferred to Buffco Production Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Goodland, Glen Rose, B/Ferry Lake, Pettit.
Its lease has reported 6.58K barrels of oil and 243K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Marshall Expl. 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 schedule | Buffco Production Inc. |
| Production reports | Buffco Production Inc.through Jun 2014 |
| Latest permit | Marshall Expl. Inc.Dec 2, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 2, 1986
- last permit issued
- Jan 23, 1987
- completed
- 6.58K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 243K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH JUN 2014
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 23, 1987
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 20, 2013
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hightower O-6-12141 | Woodlawn, SE. (Page) | Buffco Production Inc. | 1 | 6.58K | 243K | by Jan 1993 – Jun 2014 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Hightower
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 2Buffco Production Inc.Feb 1995 → Jun 2014
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323799-99 | Drill | Marshall Expl. Inc. | Dec 2, 1986 | Dec 2, 1986 | — | 7,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 1987 | Hightower O-6-12141 | Woodlawn SE. (Page) | Buffco Production Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 310 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Goodland | 3,360 | -3,050 |
| Glen RoseGLENROSE | 3,880 | -3,570 |
| B/Ferry Lake | 5,606 | -5,296 |
| Pettit | 6,385 | -6,075 |
| Travis Peak | 6,653 | -6,343 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,600 | 6,616 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 615 | 12.25 | 325 S |
| 4.5 | 6,998 | 7.875 | 400 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 | May 6, 1987 | Mar 30, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | May 1, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-203-31545 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-203-31545 → 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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