WELL · 42-459-30521 · DISTRICT 6
Porter B. J. Jr. #01
Upshur County · Glenwood (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Porter B. J. JR. #01 (API 42-459-30521) is a well in Upshur County operated by Forrester Oil & Gas CO., completed February 2, 1982 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 8, 1981, permitted to 11,800 ft.
It was permitted by Powco Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Forrester Oil & Gas CO. on the wellbore schedule.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Powco Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Kilgore, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · (903) 746-8668
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Forrester Oil & Gas Co. |
| Production reports | Forrester Oil & Gas Co.through Feb 2020 |
| Latest permit | Powco Oil & Gas, Inc.Dec 8, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 8, 1981
- last permit issued
- Feb 2, 1982
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 94.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 2, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter, B. J. Jr. G-6-98599 | Glenwood (Cotton Valley) | Forrester Oil & Gas Co. | 1 | 0 | 94.2K | 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
- 2Matador Operating CompanyJun 1999 → Jul 2003
- 3Brown, Tom Inc.Aug 2003 → Dec 2004
- 4Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc.Jan 2005 → Sep 2010
- 5Buffco Production Inc.Nov 2010 → Mar 2011
- 6Forrester Oil & Gas Co.Jul 2013 → Feb 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143645-99 | Drill | Powco Oil & Gas, Inc. | Dec 8, 1981 | Dec 8, 1981 | Dec 19, 1981 | 11,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-98599 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,986 | 11,487 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 125 | 17.5 | 111 S |
| 8.625 | 4,008 | 12.25 | 1,768 S |
| 2.375 | 10,970 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 11,797 | 7.875 | 1,105 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 | Apr 5, 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 42-459-30521 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-459-30521 → 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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