WELL · 42-401-31313 · DISTRICT 6

Pepper J. R. Gas Unit #3

Plugged

Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Pepper J. R. Gas Unit #3 (API 42-401-31313) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged June 18, 2019, last operated by Verado Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 23, 1981, permitted to 10,990 ft.

It was permitted by Forgotson, James M., JR. and has since transferred to Verado Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Verado Energy Inc.

Permitted by Forgotson, James M., Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Allen, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 6, 2024 · 193 permits on file · (214) 365-3315

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Verado Energy Inc.
Production reports	Verado Energy, Inc.through Jun 2019
Latest permit	Forgotson, James M., Jr.Oct 23, 1981

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

10,990: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 23, 1981: last permit issued
Feb 25, 1982: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
502K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2019

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 25, 1982
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jun 18, 2019

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
Pepper, J. R. Gas Unit G-6-98277	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Verado Energy, Inc.	1	0	502K	Jan 1993 – Jun 2019

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.

1Verado Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 2019

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
137903-99	Drill	Forgotson, James M., Jr.	Oct 23, 1981	Oct 23, 1981	Oct 28, 1981	10,990

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-98277	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,136	10,419	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	3,172	12.25	1,357 S
2.375	10,030	—	—
5.5	10,532	8.75	1,900 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	Mar 22, 1982	—

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 42-401-31313 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-401-31313 → 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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