TEXAS · WELLS · CHEROKEE COUNTY · NEW BIRMINGHAM "B" GAS UNIT #2 LEASE · API 42-073-31009 · DISTRICT 06
New Birmingham B Gas Unit #2 #8
Cherokee County · White Oak Creek (Travis Peak) field · Producing · Vertical
New Birmingham B Gas Unit #2 #8 (API 42-073-31009) is a well in Cherokee County operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd., completed August 31, 2001 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 18, 2001, permitted to 10,926 ft.
It was permitted by Marathon Oil Company and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Bexar Shale, James Lime, Pettit.
Its lease has reported 625 barrels of oil and 821K mcf of gas since August 2001, last reporting volume in August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Marathon Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Wichita Falls, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 4, 2025
- Permits on file
- 384
- Phone
- (940) 397-8600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Marathon Oil CompanyJul 18, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,926
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 18, 2001
- last permit issued
- Aug 31, 2001
- completed
- 625
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 821K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · SEP 2001 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 31, 2001
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Birmingham "B" Gas Unit #2 G-6-185729 | White Oak Creek (Travis Peak) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 1 | 625 | 821K | Aug 2001 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,814 · prior 12 1,971(-8%)
Wells named New Birmingham B Gas Unit #2
Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Cherokee 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 CompanySep 2001 → Aug 2015
- 2Legacy Reserves Operating LPSep 2015 → May 2021
- 3Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Jun 2021 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 511561-99 | Drill | Marathon Oil Company | Jul 18, 2001 | Jul 18, 2001 | Jun 3, 2001 | 10,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2001 | New Birmingham B Gas Unit #2 G-6-185729 | White Oak Creek (Travis Peak) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Producing | 10,926 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 387 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)BASE MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 8,600 | -8,213 |
| Bexar Shale | 8,910 | -8,523 |
| James LimeJAMES | 9,188 | -8,801 |
| Pettit | 9,428 | -9,041 |
| Travis Peak | 9,858 | -9,471 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,134 | 10,722 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,714 | 11 | 1,089 S |
| 4.5 | 10,926 | 7.875 | 850 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 | Dec 14, 2001 | Nov 5, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 3, 2001 | — | — |
Well logs
The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗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 42-073-31009 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-073-31009 → 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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