WELL · 42-311-34516 · DISTRICT 1
Anthony Forest Products #8H
McMullen County · A.W.P. (Olmos) field · Producing · Horizontal
Anthony Forest Products #8H (API 42-311-34516) is a horizontal well in Mcmullen County operated by Varas Energy Operating Company, completed May 5, 2013 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 22, 2011, permitted to 13,000 ft.
It was permitted by Swift Energy Operating, LLC and has since transferred to Varas Energy Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Midway, Escondido, Olmos.
Its lease has reported 81.2K barrels of oil and 518K mcf of gas since September 2011, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Varas Energy Operating Company
Permitted by Swift Energy Operating, LLC; 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 Operating, LLCMar 22, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 22, 2011
- last permit issued
- May 5, 2013
- completed
- 81.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 518K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2011 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 5, 2013
- 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.
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Forest Products O-1-17056 | A.W.P. (Olmos) | Varas Energy Operating Company, | 2 | 81.2K | 518K | Sep 2011 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 26,242 · prior 12 3,099(+747%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 470 · prior 12 190(+147%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Swift Energy Operating, LLCSep 2011 → Jun 2017
- 2Silverbow Resources Oper, LLCJul 2017 → Dec 2017
- 3EL Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc.Jan 2018 → Sep 2023
- 4Varas Energy Operating Company,Mar 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 712202-99 | Drill | Swift Energy Operating, LLC | Mar 16, 2011 | Mar 22, 2011 | Oct 17, 2011 | 13,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-17056 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 217 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,729 | 16,536 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 340 | 20 | 440 S |
| 9.625 | 7,413 | 14.75 | 4,400 S |
| 4.5 | 16,602 | 8.5 | 2,100 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 4, 2013 | Sep 11, 2012 | — |
| 00 | Oct 23, 2013 | Mar 26, 2012 | Yes |
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 42-311-34516 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-311-34516 → 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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