TEXAS · WELLS · MCMULLEN COUNTY · BRACKEN "B" LEASE · API 42-311-33500 · DISTRICT 01
Bracken B #256
McMullen County · A.W.P. (Olmos) field · Producing · Vertical
Bracken B #256 (API 42-311-33500) is a well in Mcmullen County operated by Varas Energy Operating Company, completed March 24, 1998 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 9, 1998, permitted to 10,365 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 2.14K barrels of oil and 45.3K mcf of gas since March 1998, last reporting volume in 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 schedule | Varas Energy Operating Company |
| Production reports | Varas Energy Operating Company,through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Swift Energy CompanyJan 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.
- 10,365
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 9, 1998
- last permit issued
- Mar 24, 1998
- completed
- 2.14K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 45.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1998 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 24, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracken "B" G-1-167761 | A.W.P. (Olmos) | Varas Energy Operating Company, | 1 | 2.14K | 45.3K | Mar 1998 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,871 · prior 12 2,436(-23%)
Wells named Bracken B
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Swift Energy CompanyMar 1998 → Dec 2005
- 2Swift Energy Operating, LLCJan 2006 → Oct 2015
- 3El Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc.Feb 2022 → Dec 2024
- 4Varas Energy Operating Company,Jan 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472031-99 | Drill | Swift Energy Company | Jan 9, 1998 | Jan 9, 1998 | Mar 4, 1998 | 10,350 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1998 | Bracken B G-1-167761 | A.W.P. (Olmos) | Varas Energy Operating Company | Producing | 10,365 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 259 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,050 | 10,080 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.625 | 1,145 | 9.875 | 277 S |
| 3.5 | 10,364 | 6.5 | 1,330 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 | Jun 22, 1998 | May 26, 1998 | — |
| 00 | May 12, 1998 | Apr 27, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | May 6, 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 42-311-33500 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-311-33500 → 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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