WELL · 42-365-30316 · DISTRICT 6

Hardy D.B. #1

Plugged

Panola County · Beckville (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Hardy D.B. #1 (API 42-365-30316) is a plugged well in Panola County, plugged June 25, 2015, last operated by Buffco Production Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 9, 1978, permitted to 11,200 ft.

It was permitted by Napeco, Inc. and has since transferred to Buffco Production Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Buffco Production Inc.

Permitted by Napeco, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Longview, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 397 permits on file · (903) 736-4697

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Buffco Production Inc.
Production reports	Buffco Production Inc.through Sep 2006
Latest permit	Napeco, Inc.Jan 9, 1978

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

11,200: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 9, 1978: last permit issued
May 1, 1978: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
74.5K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2020

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 1, 1978
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jun 25, 2015

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Hardy, D.B. G-6-76949	Beckville, North (Cotton Valley)	Buffco Production Inc.	1	0	74.5K	Jan 1993 – May 2020

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.

1Fredonia Resources Inc.Jan 1993 → May 2000
2Essex Energy of Texas Inc.Jun 2000 → Feb 2002
3Waterman Oil & Gas, Inc.Mar 2003 → Jul 2005
4Buffco Production Inc.Sep 2006 → Sep 2006

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
13746-99	Other	Napeco, Inc.	Jan 9, 1978	Jan 9, 1978	Dec 31, 1977	11,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-76949	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,218	9,823	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	2,008	12.25	850 S
5.5	10,499	7.875	475 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	Jan 12, 1984	Jun 8, 1978	—

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 42-365-30316 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-365-30316 → 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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