WELL · 42-097-01535 · DISTRICT 9
Kepner #3A
Cooke County · Cooke County Regular field · Vertical
Kepner #3A (API 42-097-01535) is a permitted well in Cooke County filed by Burk Royalty Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 8, 1995, permitted to 4,135 ft.
It was permitted by Burk Royalty Company and has since transferred to Bkm Production on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 15.1K barrels of oil and 42 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Burk Royalty Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Gainesville, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 5 permits on file · (940) 668-8632
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BKM Production |
| Production reports | BKM Productionthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Burk Royalty CompanyJun 8, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,135
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 8, 1995
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 15.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 42
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepner O-13-9189 | Wilson (Strawn 3900) | BKM Production | 3 | 10.2K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Kepner O-13-10131 | Cooke County Regular | BKM Production | 3 | 4.91K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 115 · prior 12 104(+11%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Burk Royalty CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 2002
- 2Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Feb 2002 → May 2018
- 3BKM ProductionJun 2018 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 436706-99 | Field transfer | Burk Royalty Company | Jun 8, 1995 | Jun 8, 1995 | May 1, 1990 | 4,135 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-13-9189 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-13-10131 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,987 | 3,991 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 110 | 13.75 | 75 S |
| 5.5 | 4,135 | 8.75 | 625 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Nov 29, 1995 | Aug 4, 1995 | — |
| 00 | Aug 28, 1995 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-097-01535 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-097-01535 → 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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