WELL · 42-289-30300 · DISTRICT 5
Varibus Corporation #1
Leon County · Bear Grass (Cotton Valley Lime) field · Vertical
Varibus Corporation #1 (API 42-289-30300) is a well in Leon County operated by Marathon Oil Company, completed November 15, 1978.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1990, permitted to 14,936 ft.
It was permitted by Grace Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Marathon Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Grace Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 3,707 permits on file · (800) 332-9449
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Marathon Oil Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Grace Petroleum Corp.Sep 28, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,936
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Sep 28, 1990
- last permit issued
- Nov 15, 1978
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.61M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 15, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varibus G-5-136459 | Bear Grass (Travis Peak) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 2.61M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| — G-5-82536 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 15,368 · prior 12 15,042(+2%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Grace Petroleum Corp.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
- 2Sonat Exploration Company -TylerFeb 1993 → Dec 1999
- 3EL Paso Production CompanyJan 2000 → Mar 2002
- 4Hunt Petroleum CorporationApr 2002 → Nov 2008
- 5XTO Energy Inc.Dec 2008 → Dec 2023
- 6Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378666-99 | Recompletion | Grace Petroleum Corp. | Sep 28, 1990 | Sep 28, 1990 | — | 14,936 |
| 11908-99 | Drill | Grace Petroleum Corp. | Nov 16, 1977 | Nov 16, 1977 | Feb 18, 1978 | 14,936 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-5-82536 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-5-136459 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,316 | 9,428 | Perforated |
| 14,520 | 14,584 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 157 | 17 | 180 S |
| 9.625 | 5,580 | 12.25 | 1,635 S |
| 5 | 13,222 | 6 | — |
| 7 | 13,426 | 8.75 | 1,910 S |
| 2.375 | 14,350 | — | — |
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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | May 3, 1991 | Oct 3, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 15, 1991 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 9, 1979 | — |
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 42-289-30300 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-289-30300 → scanned completion filings
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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