WELL · 42-459-30447 · DISTRICT 6

Lester, et AL #1

Plugged

Lester, ET AL #1 (API 42-459-30447) is a plugged well in Upshur County, plugged January 10, 1980, last operated by Pengo Industries Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 1980, permitted to 12,114 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Ferry Lake, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.

Operator of record

Pengo Industries Inc.

Union City, CA · P-5 Y, filed Jun 2, 1995 · 10 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Buffco Production Inc.through Apr 2013
Latest permit	Pengo Industries Inc.Nov 7, 1980

12,114: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Nov 7, 1980: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
437K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jan 10, 1980

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
Lester et AL G-6-92522	Glenwood (Cotton Valley)	Signal Oil Company, LLC	1	0	437K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

1Powco Oil & Gas Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
2Amoco Production CompanyFeb 1996 → Apr 1998
3Hilcorp Energy CompanyMay 1998 → Sep 1998
4Matador Operating CompanyOct 1998 → Jul 2003
5Brown, Tom Inc.Aug 2003 → Dec 2004
6Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc.Jan 2005 → Oct 2010
7Buffco Production Inc.Nov 2010 → Apr 2013

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
98384-99	Other	Pengo Industries Inc.	Nov 7, 1980	Nov 7, 1980	—	11,342
62310-99	Drill	Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.	Oct 30, 1979	Oct 30, 1979	Nov 16, 1979	12,114

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-92522	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 371 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Ferry Lake	6,670	-6,299
PettitPETTET	7,619	-7,248
Travis Peak	7,761	-7,390
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY SAND	9,407	-9,036

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,872	10,751	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
14	90	20	388 sx
9.625	4,277	12.5	300 sx
9.625	4,277	12.25	1,690 S
2.375	10,640	—	—
4.5	11,300	8.75	800 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	May 3, 1984	Apr 23, 1984	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Apr 23, 1984	—

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 42-459-30447 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-459-30447 → 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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