TEXAS · WELLS · GUADALUPE COUNTY · API 42-187-00928 · DISTRICT 01
Knobloch Oil (Empire) #8
Guadalupe County · Darst Creek (Edwards) field · Vertical
Knobloch Oil (Empire) #8 (API 42-187-00928) is a plugged well in Guadalupe County, plugged March 11, 2022, last operated by Texas Petroleum Investment CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 19, 2000, permitted to 2,716 ft.
It was permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Texas Petroleum Investment CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Buda, Edwards.
Its 2 leases have reported 39.2K barrels of oil and 71 mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Texas Petroleum Investment Co.
Permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 1, 2025
- Permits on file
- 233
- Phone
- (713) 789-9225
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. |
| Production reports | Texas Petroleum Investment Co.through Jan 2010 |
| Latest permit | Vintage Petroleum, Inc.May 19, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,716
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 19, 2000
- last permit issued
- Apr 10, 2000
- completed
- 39.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 71
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2010
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 10, 2000
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 11, 2022
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knobloch Oil (Empire) O-1-2771 | Darst Creek (Edwards) | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | 4 | 37.8K | 51 | Jan 1993 – Jan 2010 |
| Knobloch O-1-2712 | Darst Creek (Buda) | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | 1 | 1.45K | 20 | Jan 1993 – Oct 1999 |
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.
- 1Meridian Oil Production Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1996
- 2Meridian Oil Inc.Mar 1996 → Jul 1996
- 3Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Mar 1997
- 4Vintage Petroleum, Inc.Apr 1997 → Apr 2006
- 5Vintage Petroleum, LLCMay 2006 → Aug 2006
- 6Texas Petroleum Investment Co.Jun 2007 → Jan 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 493402-99 | Recompletion | Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | Mar 23, 2000 | May 19, 2000 | Mar 24, 2000 | 2,716 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2000 | Knobloch Oil (Empire) O-1-2771 | Darst Creek (Edwards) | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | Plugged | — |
| — | Knobloch O-1-2712 | Darst Creek (Buda) | Texas Petroleum Investment Co. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 5 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 2,320 | -2,315 |
| Buda | 2,382 | -2,377 |
| Edwards | 2,664 | -2,659 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,654 | 2,664 | Open hole |
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 | Jun 27, 2001 | Oct 10, 2000 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 20, 2000 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 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 42-187-00928 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-00928 → 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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