TEXAS · WELLS · MATAGORDA COUNTY · API 42-321-30213 · DISTRICT 03
Butter Gas Unit No. 1 #1
Matagorda County · Petrucha (10 900) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Butter Gas Unit NO. 1 #1 (API 42-321-30213) is a well in Matagorda County operated by Remora Operating LLC, completed May 9, 1990 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2018.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 15, 1990, permitted to 13,000 ft.
It was permitted by Smith Production Inc. and has since transferred to Remora Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 14.4K barrels of oil and 549K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Smith Production Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 1, 2026
- Permits on file
- 2
- Phone
- (281) 893-9400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Remora Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Remora Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2018 |
| Latest permit | Smith Production Inc.Aug 15, 1990 |
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
- Aug 15, 1990
- last permit issued
- May 9, 1990
- completed
- 14.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 549K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 9, 1990
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 2018
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Hearing (H)
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter Gas Unit No. 1 G-3-135610 | Petrucha (10,900) | Remora Operating, LLC | 1 | 14.4K | 549K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2018 |
| — G-3-54526 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Smith Production Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1993
- 2Synergy Production CompanyMay 1993 → Jan 1996
- 3Synergy Oil & Gas, Inc. (A)Feb 1996 → Aug 2001
- 4Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp.Sep 2001 → Mar 2005
- 5Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P.Apr 2005 → Jan 2010
- 6Hilcorp Energy CompanyFeb 2010 → Dec 2017
- 7Remora Operating, LLCJan 2018 → Apr 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374865-99 | Recompletion | Smith Production Inc. | Jun 25, 1990 | Aug 15, 1990 | — | 13,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1990 | Butter Gas Unit No. 1 G-3-135610 | Petrucha (10 900) | Remora Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 2018 | 13,000 |
| Feb 1, 1973 | Butter Gas Unit G-3-54526 | Petrucha (12 650) | Smith Production Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,892 | 10,906 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 102 | 20 | 150 S |
| 10.75 | 2,005 | 15 | 1,550 S |
| 2.875 | 10,063 | — | — |
| 7.625 | 10,500 | 9.875 | 600 S |
| 2.375 | 12,885 | — | — |
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 | Oct 10, 1990 | May 25, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 13, 1990 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 23, 1973 | — |
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 42-321-30213 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-321-30213 → 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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