WELL · 42-187-30790 · DISTRICT 1
Malaer #8
Guadalupe County · Darst Creek (Buda) field · Vertical
Malaer #8 (API 42-187-30790) is a plugged well in Guadalupe County, plugged August 28, 2008, last operated by DJ Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 27, 1977, permitted to 2,700 ft.
It was permitted by Lockhart Oil & Gas and has since transferred to DJ Exploration Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 73K barrels of oil and 28.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Lockhart Oil & Gas; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 21, 2026
- Permits on file
- 23
- Phone
- (210) 687-1900
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | DJ Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | DJ Exploration, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Lockhart Oil & GasDec 27, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 27, 1977
- last permit issued
- Jan 5, 1978
- completed
- 73K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 28.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 5, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 28, 2008
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; they carry 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaer O-1-2741 | Darst Creek (Buda) | DJ Exploration, Inc. | 8 | 73K | 28.6K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,564 · prior 12 1,502(+4%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Darst Creek Oil CompanyJan 1993 → May 2000
- 2Garrison Ltd.Jun 2000 → Jan 2002
- 3Dominion Petroleum, Inc.Feb 2002 → Dec 2002
- 4DJ Exploration, Inc.Jan 2003 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14739-99 | Drill | Lockhart Oil & Gas | Dec 27, 1977 | Dec 27, 1977 | — | 2,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-2741 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,258 | 2,510 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.875 | 2,400 | — | — |
| 7 | 2,570 | 9.875 | 555 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 | Aug 18, 1978 | — |
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 42-187-30790 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-30790 → 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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