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OPERATORS · RRC 72504  · P-5 STATUS Y

BKV Barnett, LLC

Fort Worth, TX · most active in Denton County

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Bkv Barnett, LLC was issued 34 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 21% on the prior year, across 2 counties led by Denton with 17. 100% were horizontal.

15 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 7 in the prior quarter. 1 was issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4,200 wells under its operatorship (3,674 producing, 9 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 7.19K barrels of oil and 198M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 32% on the year before.

It holds 3 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 8.22M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

143 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2005; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.

34
permits, last 12 months
+21%
vs prior 12 months (28)
2
counties, 12 months
3.67K
producing wells, of 4.2K of record
4.47K
leases it reports
100%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

66%
spud rate · 83 of 125 mature permits
102
median days permit to spud · middle half 70–248
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
60
expired undrilled
7
permits a year over 22 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 32 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 51 · prior 12 46(+11%)

05101520222023202420252026

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Denton county →17781,503Oct 27, 2026
Wise county →17652,137Sep 24, 2026

All 143 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Caddo4642
Barnett4126
Marble Falls3426
Atoka43
Forestburg30

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

7.19K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-32%
vs the 12 months before
198M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
71.6K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 197,512,375 · prior 12 177,159,756(+11%)

010M20M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 7,187 · prior 12 10,587(-32%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

4,200
on the schedule
3,674
producing
9
shut in
3
injection
395
temp. abandoned
101
plugged

How it got them

66
permitted itself
3,987
acquired from others
2
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

3
active UIC permits of 5
63K
permitted bbl/day, active
8.22M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Denton1 active25K bbl/d
Tarrant1 active25K bbl/d
Wise1 active13K bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill2428128
Recompletion10015

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

FieldWellsProducing
Newark East (Barnett Shale)652802003,6913,318
Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas)10574520451323
Boyd N. (Strawn 4200)11061500105
Gas Finders (Congl.)3412830099
Rhome (Caddo)7625866653
Reno (Congl.)7596166653
Wise-Kent (Strawn Reef)9826066643
Alvord South (Atoka)214808331
Wise County Regular9824600121
Rhome (Atoka)7625833321
Caughlin (Strawn)1642170020
Greenwood (Atoka 6650)3676751020

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
4800 Blue Mound Road
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(833) 425-8677
Officers and agents
C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Kalnin, Christopher · Ceo
Jacobsen, Eric · President,upstream
BKV Corporation · Member
Lauer, Travis · Vice President
Weinberg, Asher · Filing Agent

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919522Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonJE Day Heirs 3 (AW) #3HH5,97612134617
919210Oct 16, 2026Oct 14, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonBiltmore 4 (AW) #4HH12,18212132379
919080Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonDay Heirs J E 6 (AW) #6HH14,05512134667
919079Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonDay Heirs J E 5 (AW) #5HH13,12312134666
919078Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonDay Heirs J E 4 (AW) #4HH15,90012134665
918656Sep 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseMason, Rose 6 (AW) #6HH16,57349738168
918003Sep 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseMason, Rose 4 (AW) #4HH8,87949738166
918723Sep 24, 2026Sep 21, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseFarlow, J F GU a 5 (AW) #5HH7,41249735575
918558Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonAdams-Day Heirs (SA) #1HH8,50012133869
918531Sep 17, 2026Sep 14, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseDecatur GU 3 1 (AW) #1HH11,92449735985
918005Sep 13, 2026Sep 11, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseMason, Rose 5 (AW) #5HH9,63749738167
918002Sep 13, 2026Sep 11, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseMason, Rose 3 (AW) #3HH7,29349738165
917528Aug 14, 2026Aug 12, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCWiseMcAlister, O H GU 21 (AW) #21HH9,50049736195
917578Aug 8, 2026Aug 6, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonHardeman, Dorothy Jean 11 (AW) #11HH8,50012134664
917487Aug 6, 2026Aug 4, 2026BKV Barnett, LLCDentonDcco 2 - Dcco 4 (SA) #1HH10,53512133120

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

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