WELL · 42-227-34774 · DISTRICT 8

Tar Baby "29" #1

Plugged

Tar Baby "29" #1 (API 42-227-34774) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged September 7, 1993, last operated by Elkhorn Oil & Gas, LLC.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1993 and 1994, permitted to 8,150 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including San Andres, Dean, Cisco, Pennsylvanian.

Its lease has reported 77.1K barrels of oil and 168K mcf of gas since August 1994, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Elkhorn Oil & Gas, LLC

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 8, 2002 · 8 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Rasmussen, Hal J. Operating, Incthrough Dec 1998
Latest permit	Elkhorn Oil & Gas, LLCJul 15, 1994

8,150: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 15, 1994: last permit issued
—: completed
77.1K: cumulative oil, bbl
168K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1994 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Sep 7, 1993

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
Tar Baby "29" O-10-34259	Vealmoor	Platinum Exploration Inc.	1	77.1K	168K	Aug 1994 – 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.

1Elkhorn Oil & Gas, LLCAug 1994 → Jul 1995
2Rasmussen, Hal J. Operating, IncAug 1995 → Dec 1998

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
424765-99	Reenter	Elkhorn Oil & Gas, LLC	Jun 10, 1994	Jul 15, 1994	Aug 8, 1994	8,150
412627-99	Drill	Collins & Ware, Inc.	Jun 9, 1993	Aug 10, 1993	Aug 19, 1993	7,900

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-34259	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,617 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
San Andres	2,615	2
Dean	6,460	-3,843
CiscoTOP CISCO	7,362	-4,745
PennsylvanianPENN	7,692	-5,075

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
7,660	7,780	Open hole

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
7	7,659	7.875	500 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	Oct 14, 1994	Sep 6, 1994	—
00	Sep 19, 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 42-227-34774 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-227-34774 → 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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