TEXAS · WELLS · MCMULLEN COUNTY · API 42-311-33460 · DISTRICT 01
Penn Stella #8
McMullen County · Hostetter (Wilcox A) field · Producing · Vertical
Penn Stella #8 (API 42-311-33460) is a well in Mcmullen County operated by Varas Energy Operating Company, completed October 21, 1998 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2006.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1997 and 1998, permitted to 11,100 ft.
It was permitted by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Varas Energy Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Slick, Corona.
Its 2 leases have reported 12.5K barrels of oil and 1.34M mcf of gas since December 1997, last reporting volume in August 2023. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Varas Energy Operating Company
Permitted by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation; 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 schedule | Varas Energy Operating Company |
| Production reports | Varas Energy Operating Company,through Aug 2023 |
| Latest permit | Cabot Oil & Gas CorporationDec 9, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,100
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 9, 1998
- last permit issued
- Oct 21, 1998
- completed
- 12.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.34M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1997 THROUGH Aug 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 21, 1998
- Shut in
- May 1, 2006
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn, Stella G-1-171806 | Hostetter (Wilcox A) | Varas Energy Operating Company, | 1 | 2.12K | 492K | Oct 1998 – Aug 2023 |
| Penn, Stella G-1-167677 | Hostetter, N. (Slick 8070) | Varas Energy Operating Company, | 1 | 10.4K | 850K | Dec 1997 – Sep 1998 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Cabot Oil & Gas CorporationDec 1997 → Apr 2006
- 2Hugoton Operating Company, Inc.Nov 2022 → Aug 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481394-99 | Recompletion | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation | Dec 9, 1998 | Dec 9, 1998 | Oct 13, 1998 | 11,100 |
| 466842-99 | Drill | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation | Aug 28, 1997 | Aug 28, 1997 | Sep 15, 1997 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 1998 | Penn Stella G-1-171806 | Hostetter (Wilcox A) | Varas Energy Operating Company | Producing · shut in May 1, 2006 | 11,100 |
| Dec 31, 1997 | Penn Stella G-1-167677 | Hostetter N. (Slick 8070) | Varas Energy Operating Company | Shut In-Multi-Compl · shut in Oct 1, 2000 | 11,100 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 469 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Slick | 7,964 | -7,495 |
| Corona | 8,276 | -7,807 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,964 | 7,974 | Perforated |
| 8,276 | 8,284 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,222 | 12.25 | 565 S |
| 7 | 8,904 | 8.75 | 270 S |
| 2.875 | 11,100 | 6.125 | 175 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 | Apr 13, 1999 | Dec 23, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 16, 1999 | — | — |
| 00 | May 8, 1998 | Apr 7, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 30, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-311-33460 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-311-33460 → 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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