WELL · 42-441-31288 · DISTRICT 7

Shaffer #2

Plugged

Taylor County · Malbetan (Flippen Sand) field · Vertical

Shaffer #2 (API 42-441-31288) is a plugged well in Taylor County, plugged May 24, 2006, last operated by Anderson James K. Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 24, 1978, permitted to 2,900 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Coleman Jct Lime, Flippen Sand.

Its lease has reported 59.7K barrels of oil and 13.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2007.

Operator of record

Anderson James K. Inc.

Based in: Abilene, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Dec 9, 2025
Permits on file: 335
Phone: (325) 692-3731

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Anderson James K. Inc.
Production reports	Anderson, James K. Inc.through Dec 2004
Latest permit	Anderson, James K. Inc.May 24, 1978

2,900: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
May 24, 1978: last permit issued
Dec 21, 1978: completed
59.7K: cumulative oil, bbl
13.7K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2007

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 21, 1978
Shut in: —
Plugged: May 24, 2006

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
Shaffer O-8-23639	Malbetan (Flippen Sand)	Anderson, James K. Inc.	1	59.7K	13.7K	Jan 1993 – Feb 2007

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.

1Anderson, James K. Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2004

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
25062-99	Drill	Anderson, James K. Inc.	Mar 5, 1986	May 24, 1978	Sep 15, 1978	2,900

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Dec 21, 1978	Shaffer O-8-14894	Taylor County Regular	Anderson James K. Inc.	Plugged	—
Dec 21, 1978	Shaffer O-8-23639	Malbetan (Flippen Sand)	Anderson James K. Inc.	Plugged	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,266 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Coleman JCT Lime	1,915	351
Flippen Sand	2,834	-568

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,834	2,836	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	248	11	120 S
4.5	2,839	7.875	125 S
2	2,927	—	—

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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
May 6, 1986	Mar 4, 1986	—
Apr 23, 1986	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	Mar 12, 1979	—

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 42-441-31288 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-441-31288 → 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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