PERMITS · 608038-98 · DISTRICT 13

Drill: Railhead South Unit #6H

Expired

BKV North Texas, LLC · Tarrant County · Horizontal · Final completion

Oct 19, 2005: issued
10,536: permitted depth, ft
42-439-31376: API number
2: versions on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA OCT 19, 2005 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Oct 19, 2005Issued · Permit approved
Nov 11, 2005Spud · Drilling began
Oct 19, 2007Expired · Not drilled within the permit term
Jun 8, 2026Received · Application received by the RRC
Jun 29, 2026Amended · Changed after issuance

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Surface location

Acres: 131.32
Nearest town: 2 mi SE of Saginaw, TX

No coordinates yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; permits from the historical master file never carry one.

Versions

The RRC numbers versions down from 99: 99 is the original filing, 98 the first amendment. Current version first.

Seq	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Amended	Depth	Seen
98	Drill	BKV North Texas, LLC	Jun 8, 2026	Oct 19, 2005	Jun 29, 2026	10,536	Oct 19, 2005
99	Drill	XTO Energy Inc.	Oct 17, 2005	Oct 19, 2005	—	11,000	Oct 19, 2005

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
608038-98	Jun 8, 2026	A	BKV North Texas, LLC	Railhead South Unit #6H
608038-99	Oct 17, 2005	A	XTO Energy Inc.	Railhead #6H

About this data

W-1 drilling permit from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, refreshed every business day. Surface coordinates come from the daily file only. Amendments appear as sequence numbers on the same permit; the lowest is current.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/permits/tx/608038, documented in the API reference.