TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · FORBUS ESTATE GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-401-31024 · DISTRICT 06
Forbus Estate Gas Unit #3
Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Forbus Estate Gas Unit #3 (API 42-401-31024) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged August 21, 2025, last operated by Tgnr East Texas II LLC.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1980, permitted to 10,800 ft.
It was permitted by Mccormick Operating Company and has since transferred to Tgnr East Texas II LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.1K barrels of oil and 1.97M mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by McCormick Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 18, 2026
- Permits on file
- 162
- Phone
- (346) 308-2250
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | TGNR East Texas II LLC |
| Production reports | TGNR East Texas II LLCthrough Jan 2022 |
| Latest permit | McCormick Operating CompanyNov 3, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,800
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 3, 1980
- last permit issued
- Mar 2, 1994
- completed
- 3.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.97M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 2, 1994
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 21, 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbus Estate Gas Unit G-6-90390 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | TGNR East Texas II LLC | 1 | 3.1K | 1.97M | Jan 1993 – Jan 2022 |
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.
- 1Nuevo Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 1998
- 2Samson Lone Star LPJan 1999 → Jun 2007
- 3Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Sep 2017
- 4Rockcliff Energy Operating LLCOct 2017 → Jan 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97853-99 | Drill | McCormick Operating Company | Nov 3, 1980 | Nov 3, 1980 | Dec 1, 1980 | 10,800 |
| 92664-99 | Drill | McCormick Operating Company | Sep 9, 1980 | Sep 9, 1980 | — | 10,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1994 | Forbus Estate Gas Unit G-6-90390 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | TGNR East Texas II LLC | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,211 | 9,317 | Perforated |
| 9,586 | 10,127 | Perforated |
| 10,285 | 10,567 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,141 | 12.25 | 1,350 S |
| 2.375 | 10,180 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,670 | 8.75 | 1,070 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 20, 1994 | Mar 14, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Dec 14, 1992 | Nov 2, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 6, 1981 | — |
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 42-401-31024 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-31024 → 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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