TEXAS · WELLS · SMITH COUNTY · SHOFNER, V. L. GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-423-30429 · DISTRICT 06
Shofner V. L. Gas Unit #2
Smith County · Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
Shofner V. L. Gas Unit #2 (API 42-423-30429) is a well in Smith County operated by Linder John Operating CO. LLC, completed February 24, 1981 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 25, 1980, permitted to 11,480 ft.
It was permitted by Stallworth Oil & Gas, Inc and has since transferred to Linder John Operating CO. LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 263 barrels of oil and 158K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Stallworth Oil & Gas, Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Gladewater, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 13, 2025
- Permits on file
- 14
- Phone
- (903) 845-4240
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Linder John Operating Co. LLC |
| Production reports | Linder, John Operating Co., LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Stallworth Oil & Gas, IncJul 25, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,480
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 25, 1980
- last permit issued
- Feb 24, 1981
- completed
- 263
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 158K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 24, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shofner, V. L. Gas Unit G-6-92857 | Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) | Linder, John Operating Co., LLC | 1 | 263 | 158K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,605 · prior 12 3,016(-14%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Lynx Energy Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2Lynx Operating Co., Inc.Jan 2002 → Jan 2005
- 3J-W Operating Co.Apr 2005 → Aug 2011
- 4Linder, John Operating Co., LLCSep 2011 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87758-99 | Drill | Stallworth Oil & Gas, Inc | Jul 25, 1980 | Jul 25, 1980 | Sep 18, 1980 | 11,480 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1981 | Shofner V. L. Gas Unit G-6-92857 | Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) | Linder John Operating Co. LLC | Producing | 11,480 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,039 | 11,310 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 50 | 26 | 125 S |
| 9.625 | 4,590 | 12.25 | 1,929 S |
| 2.875 | 11,045 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 11,480 | 8.75 | 2,300 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 23, 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 42-423-30429 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-30429 → 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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