WELL · 42-291-05403 · DISTRICT 3
Buffum & Benning #2
Liberty County · Hardin N. (McMurtry) field · Vertical
Buffum & Benning #2 (API 42-291-05403) is a plugged well in Liberty County, plugged April 7, 2018, last operated by Caskids Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 15, 2005, permitted to 8,517 ft.
It was permitted by SR Production Corp. and has since transferred to Caskids Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Moody'S Branch, Yegua.
Its 2 leases have reported 85.5K barrels of oil and 366K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sr Production Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 80 permits on file · (713) 249-4815
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Caskids Operating Company |
| Production reports | Caskids Operating Companythrough May 2015 |
| Latest permit | Sr Production Corp.Mar 15, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,517
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 15, 2005
- last permit issued
- Mar 18, 2005
- completed
- 85.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 366K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 18, 2005
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 7, 2018
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffum & Benning O-3-9160 | Hardin, N. (Bintliff 7600) | Caskids Operating Company | 3 | 85.5K | 238K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Buffum & Benning G-3-208423 | Hardin, N. (McMurtry) | Caskids Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 128K | Mar 2005 – Apr 2018 |
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.
- 1Concord Operating IncorporatedJan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 2Poynor CorporationJan 1995 → Mar 1997
- 3Sr Production Corp.Apr 1997 → Mar 2010
- 4Heisey Ventures, Inc.May 2010 → Aug 2014
- 5Caskids Operating CompanyNov 2014 → Apr 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559046-99 | Recompletion | Sr Production Corp. | Mar 15, 2005 | Mar 15, 2005 | — | 8,517 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-208423 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-9160 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 40 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,366 | 7,370 | Perforated |
| 7,428 | 7,432 | Perforated |
| — | 7,430 | Perforated |
| — | 7,616 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,219 | 15 | — |
| 4.5 | 7,717 | 9.875 | — |
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 | Oct 12, 2005 | Apr 28, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | May 27, 2005 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-291-05403 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-05403 → 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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