TEXAS · WELLS · LIVE OAK COUNTY · FREE UNIT LEASE · API 42-297-35870 · DISTRICT 02
Free Unit #8H
Live Oak County · Sugarkane (Eagle Ford) field · Temp Abandoned · Horizontal
Free Unit #8H (API 42-297-35870) is a horizontal well in Live Oak County operated by Marathon Oil EF LLC, completed June 24, 2017 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 28, 2017, permitted to 12,554 ft.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Hockley - Disposal, Jackson, Cook Mountain, Queen City.
Its lease has reported 146K barrels of oil and 1.47M mcf of gas since June 2017, last reporting volume in June 2025.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 13, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,191
- Phone
- (832) 486-2737
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Marathon Oil EF LLC |
| Production reports | Marathon Oil EF LLCthrough Dec 2025 |
| Latest permit | Marathon Oil EF LLCFeb 28, 2017 |
- 12,554
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 28, 2017
- last permit issued
- Jun 24, 2017
- completed
- 146K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.47M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUN 2017 THROUGH DEC 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 24, 2017
- Shut in
- Jul 1, 2025
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Unit G-2-282731 | Sugarkane (Eagle Ford) | Marathon Oil EF LLC | 1 | 146K | 1.47M | Jun 2017 – Dec 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1,980(-100%)
Wells named Free Unit
Marathon Oil EF LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Live Oak County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Marathon Oil EF LLCJun 2017 → Jun 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 823430-99 | Drill | Marathon Oil EF LLC | Feb 16, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 10, 2017 | 21,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2017 | Free Unit G-2-282731 | Sugarkane (Eagle Ford) | Marathon Oil EF LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jul 1, 2025 | 12,554 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 299 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Hockley - Disposal | 1,062 | -763 |
| JacksonJACKSON-YEGUA - DISPOSAL | 1,691 | -1,392 |
| Cook Mountain | 2,900 | -2,601 |
| Queen City | 4,045 | -3,746 |
| Wilcox | 6,277 | -5,978 |
| Austin Chalk | 12,640 | -12,341 |
| Eagle FordEAGLE FORD - H2S | 12,677 | -12,378 |
| EdwardsEDWARDS - H2S | — | — |
| FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| SligoSLIGO - H2S | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,806 | 18,673 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 6,233 | 12.25 | 1,820 S |
| 5.5 | 18,782 | 8.5 | 3,256 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 | Nov 7, 2017 | Aug 2, 2017 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, 1 of it with a digital LAS file, the latest received Jun 10, 2020. Gamma ray. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma RaySpans Wilcox, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford | LAS + TIFF | 11,040 to 18,757 | Jun 10, 2020 | 0.50 + 9.00 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-297-35870 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-297-35870 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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