TEXAS · WELLS · MCMULLEN COUNTY · SBR LEASE · API 42-311-33213 · DISTRICT 01

SBR #78

Shut in

McMullen County · A.W.P. (Olmos) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Sbr #78 (API 42-311-33213) is a well in Mcmullen County operated by Varas Energy Operating Company, completed August 29, 1996 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2018.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 11, 1996, permitted to 10,742 ft.

It was permitted by Swift Energy Company and has since transferred to Varas Energy Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Sparta, Queen City, Carrizo, Wilcox.

Its lease has reported 1.07K barrels of oil and 226K mcf of gas since September 1996, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Varas Energy Operating Company

Permitted by Swift Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 9, 2025
Phone
(713) 858-3002

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleVaras Energy Operating Company
Production reportsVaras Energy Operating Company,through Jun 2018
Latest permitSwift Energy CompanyJun 11, 1996

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

10,742
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 11, 1996
last permit issued
Aug 29, 1996
completed
1.07K
cumulative oil, bbl
226K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1996 THROUGH Jun 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 29, 1996
Shut in
Jul 1, 2018
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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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
SBR G-1-160089A.W.P. (Olmos)Varas Energy Operating Company,11.07K226KSep 1996 – Jun 2018

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Wells named SBR

Varas Energy Operating Company's other wells filed under this lease name in McMullen 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. 1Swift Energy CompanySep 1996 → Dec 2000
  2. 2El Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc.Apr 2018 → Jun 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
449184-99DrillSwift Energy CompanyJun 11, 1996Jun 11, 1996Aug 8, 199611,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 29, 1996SBR G-1-160089A.W.P. (Olmos)Varas Energy Operating CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Jul 1, 201810,742

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 185 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sparta3,148-2,963
Queen City3,448-3,263
Carrizo5,016-4,831
Wilcox7,164-6,979
LWR Wade7,274-7,089
Lwr. Wade7,274-7,089
Navarro9,556-9,371
Olmos10,528-10,343

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,54610,570Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
7.6251,1559.875197 S
3.510,7426.51,150 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
00Aug 26, 1998Aug 12, 1998—
00Jul 23, 1998Jul 3, 1998—
00Oct 17, 1996Oct 4, 1996Yes
00Oct 11, 1996——

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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