TEXAS · WELLS · GRIMES COUNTY · MOODY LEASE · API 42-185-30448 · DISTRICT 03
Moody #1H
Grimes County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Temp Abandoned · Horizontal
Moody #1H (API 42-185-30448) is a horizontal well in Grimes County operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed March 31, 1994 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued February 3, 1994, permitted to 16,602 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 562K barrels of oil and 7.62M mcf of gas since March 1994, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 615
- Phone
- (713) 842-9050
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Mar 2023 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Feb 3, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 16,602
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Feb 3, 1994
- last permit issued
- Mar 31, 1994
- completed
- 562K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 7.62M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1994 THROUGH Mar 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 31, 1994
- Shut in
- May 1, 2020
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody G-3-149232 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 562K | 7.62M | Mar 1994 – Mar 2023 |
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.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 1994 → Jun 2009
- 2Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Jul 2009 → Jul 2018
- 3Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCAug 2018 → Apr 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420798-97 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Apr 19, 1994 | Feb 3, 1994 | — | 11,896 |
| 420798-98 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Feb 4, 1994 | Feb 3, 1994 | Feb 7, 1994 | 11,950 |
| 420798-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Feb 3, 1994 | Feb 3, 1994 | — | 11,950 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1994 | Moody G-3-149232 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in May 1, 2020 | 16,602 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 206 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 11,277 | -11,071 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,205 | 16,602 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,663 | 14.75 | 1,410 S |
| 7.625 | 11,460 | 9.875 | 950 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 | Jul 18, 1994 | Jun 13, 1994 | — |
| 00 | May 31, 1994 | May 3, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | May 26, 1994 | — | — |
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 42-185-30448 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-185-30448 → 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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