FIELDS · TEXAS · FIELD 8511675
Black Bayou (James)
Field · District 06 · Nacogdoches County and 1 more · James in every state →
Black Bayou (James) is an RRC field with 7 leases on file reported by 19 operators, mostly in Nacogdoches County.
In the 12 months reported through April 2026 it produced 49,884 mcf of gas, down 15% on the year before, from 3 leases reporting volume.
Merit Energy Company holds the most, 1 lease and 562,857 mcf of gas lifetime.
Lifetime, the field has reported 3,337 barrels of oil and 3.3 million mcf of gas.
- 7
- leases on file
- 3
- leases reporting volume
- 19
- operators, all time
- 4
- active wellbores of 7 · 3 operators today
- 31
- bbl oil, 12 months through Apr 2026 · −59%
- 49,884
- Mcf gas, same 12 months · −15%
- 3,337
- bbl oil, lifetime · 3.3M Mcf gas
Every well completed in it, searchable →
Reported production by month
12 months through Apr 2026 31 · prior 12 76(-59%)
Black Bayou (James): Oil by month.
Operators
BY LIFETIME OIL ON THEIR LEASES · TOP 6
| Operator | Leases | Oil, bbl | Gas, Mcf | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merit Energy Company | 1 | 2.64K | 563K | Apr 2026 |
| Buffco Production Inc. | 1 | 273 | 77.5K | Jul 2000 |
| Texian Operating Company, LLC | 2 | 235 | 2.7M | Apr 2026 |
| Lime Rock Resources III-a, L.P. | 1 | 185 | 8.83K | Mar 2016 |
| Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Valence Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
Counties
- Nacogdoches County → 6 leases
- Angelina County → 1 leases
Latest completions
BY COMPLETION DATE
| Well | Operator | County | Completed | Top perf, ft | Oil, 12 mo | Gas, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tubbe #1 | Valence Operating Company | Nacogdoches | Dec 16, 2010 | — | — | — |
| Weddington #5 | Lime Rock Resources III-a L.P. | Angelina | Oct 13, 2008 | — | — | — |
| Chandler #1 | Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc. | Nacogdoches | Mar 29, 2002 | — | — | — |
| Swanton #1H | Texian Operating Company LLC | Nacogdoches | Apr 30, 2001 | — | — | — |
| Johnson-Rippy #1H | Texian Operating Company LLC | Nacogdoches | Aug 20, 2000 | — | — | — |
| Blount Lois Foster #1 | Merit Energy Company | Nacogdoches | Dec 28, 1998 | — | — | — |
| Barret L.T. Gas Unit #1 | Buffco Production Inc. | Nacogdoches | Aug 18, 1992 | — | — | — |
About this data
Field 8511675 from RRC PDQ lease reports: lifetime totals and lease and operator counts from the field summary; the monthly series summed from every lease report naming the field, cut at the statewide reported-through month, Apr 2026. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Counties from the wells completed on each lease. Completions are the wellbores the RRC schedule ties to the field. The formation, James, is read from the field's name. Nothing is estimated.
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