WELL · 42-287-31792 · DISTRICT 3
Michalk E. #1
Lee County · Hooker Creek (Navarro A) field · Vertical
Michalk E. #1 (API 42-287-31792) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged October 13, 2022, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 1, 1985, permitted to 5,300 ft.
It was permitted by Bar-Mac & Hollub Drilling CO. and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Wilcox, Top Path, Top Poth, Base Poth.
Its 2 leases have reported 3.07K barrels of oil and 37.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 2023. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Bar-Mac & Hollub Drilling Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Rockdale, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 32 permits on file · (512) 446-3855
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ernest Operating Company |
| Production reports | Ernest Operating Companythrough Sep 2022 |
| Latest permit | Bar-Mac & Hollub Drilling Co.May 1, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 1, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jul 11, 1985
- completed
- 3.07K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 37.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 11, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 13, 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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michalk, E. O-3-18682 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | 1 | 3.07K | 37K | Jan 1993 – Jun 2023 |
| Michalk, E. G-3-288636 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 471 | Nov 2019 – Oct 2022 |
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.
- 1Bar-Mac Investments Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 2017
- 2Ernest Operating CompanyMar 2017 → Sep 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273851-99 | Drill | Bar-Mac & Hollub Drilling Co. | May 7, 1985 | May 1, 1985 | — | 5,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-288636 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-18682 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 304 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxBASE WILCOX | 4,120 | -3,816 |
| Top Path | 4,220 | -3,916 |
| Top Poth | 4,220 | -3,916 |
| Base Poth | 4,499 | -4,195 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,895 | 4,920 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 506 | 12.25 | 215 S |
| 4.5 | 5,090 | 7.875 | 880 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 | Apr 30, 2020 | Dec 2, 2019 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 13, 1985 | Jul 18, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Aug 3, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-287-31792 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-31792 → 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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