WELL · 42-167-31303 · DISTRICT 3

Halls Bayou Ranch #8

Plugged

Galveston County · Treasure Isle (Big Gas Sand) field  · Directional

Halls Bayou Ranch #8 (API 42-167-31303) is a plugged well in Galveston County, plugged May 31, 2013, last operated by Reef Exploration L.P..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1998 and 2000, permitted to 17,000 ft.

It was permitted by Tepco Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to Reef Exploration L.P. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Frio.

Operator of record

Reef Exploration L.P.

Permitted by Tepco Resources, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Richardson, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 5, 2026 · 69 permits on file · (214) 244-5339

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleReef Exploration L.P.
Production reportsTepco Resources, Inc.through Sep 2002
Latest permitTepco Resources, Inc.Sep 27, 2000

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

17,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Sep 27, 2000
last permit issued
Jun 26, 2000
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
5.15M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1998 THROUGH May 2013

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 26, 2000
Shut in
—
Plugged
May 31, 2013

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Halls Bayou Ranch G-3-179149Treasure Isle (Big Gas Sand)Reef Exploration, L.P.103.01MJun 2000 – May 2013
Halls Bayou Ranch G-3-168946Treasure Isle (Alibel)Tepco Resources, Inc.102.15MMay 1998 – Jun 2000

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.

  1. 1Tepco, Inc.May 1998 → Oct 1998
  2. 2Tepco Resources, Inc.Nov 1998 → Sep 2002

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
499448-99RecompletionTepco Resources, Inc.Sep 11, 2000Sep 27, 2000Jun 16, 200014,305
471205-99DrillTepco, Inc.Dec 15, 1997Jan 8, 1998Jan 10, 199817,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-168946————
—— G-3-179149————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 5 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
FrioTOP OF FRIO12,400-12,395

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,50812,534Perforated
13,59413,607Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3753,47517.52,800 S
9.6258,24612.25145 S
5.514,0218.5595 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 22, 2001Sep 11, 2000Yes
00Oct 31, 2000——
00Aug 3, 1998Jun 1, 1998Yes
00Jul 27, 1998——

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.

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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