TEXAS · WELLS · MCMULLEN COUNTY · SBR LEASE · API 42-311-33274 · DISTRICT 01

SBR #99

Shut in

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

Sbr #99 (API 42-311-33274) is a well in Mcmullen County operated by Varas Energy Operating Company, completed December 17, 1996 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2021.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 10, 1996, permitted to 10,924 ft.

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

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Sparta, Queen City, Carrizo, Wilcox.

Its lease has reported 2.62K barrels of oil and 441K mcf of gas since December 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 Mar 2023
Latest permitSwift Energy CompanyOct 10, 1996

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

10,924
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 10, 1996
last permit issued
Dec 17, 1996
completed
2.62K
cumulative oil, bbl
441K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1996 THROUGH Mar 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 17, 1996
Shut in
Jun 1, 2021
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-1-161444A.W.P. (Olmos)Varas Energy Operating Company,12.62K441KDec 1996 – Mar 2023

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 CompanyDec 1996 → Apr 2004
  2. 2Swift Energy Operating, LLCMay 2006 → Jun 2017
  3. 3Silverbow Resources Oper, LLCAug 2017 → Dec 2017
  4. 4El Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc.Jan 2018 → Mar 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
453698-99DrillSwift Energy CompanyOct 10, 1996Oct 10, 1996Nov 30, 199611,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 17, 1996SBR G-1-161444A.W.P. (Olmos)Varas Energy Operating CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 202110,924

Formation tops

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

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sparta3,212-3,027
Queen City3,510-3,325
Carrizo5,096-4,911
Wilcox7,206-7,021
Lower Wade7,314-7,129
Navarro9,666-9,481
Olmos10,694-10,509

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,71810,742Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
7.6251,5539.875312 S
3.510,9176.51,050 S
8.625———

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
00Mar 4, 1999Feb 18, 1999—
00Feb 13, 1997Feb 6, 1997Yes
00Feb 11, 1997——

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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