TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · JONES, LEWIS LEASE · API 42-121-30542 · DISTRICT 7C

Jones Lewis #1

On schedule

Denton County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing  · Vertical

Permitted field
Wise-Kent (Strawn Reef)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Jones Lewis #1 (API 42-121-30542) is a well in Denton County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed March 31, 1993 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1992 and 1993, permitted to 8,108 ft.

It was permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Parks, Caddo, Preg Shale, Grant.

Its lease has reported 272 barrels of oil and 1.87M mcf of gas since March 1993, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

BKV Barnett LLC

Permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Fort Worth, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 11, 2026
Permits on file
143
Phone
(940) 394-2000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBKV Barnett LLC
Production reportsBKV Barnett, LLCthrough Aug 2026
Latest permitMitchell Energy CorporationNov 3, 1993

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

8,108
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Nov 3, 1993
last permit issued
Mar 31, 1993
completed
272
cumulative oil, bbl
1.87M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · APR 1993 THROUGH AUG 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 31, 1993
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.

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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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Jones, Lewis G-13-145309Newark, East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett, LLC12721.87MMar 1993 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 4,222 · prior 12 4,321(-2%)

0200400600202420252026

Wells named Jones Lewis

BKV Barnett LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Denton 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.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Mitchell Energy CorporationApr 1993 → Dec 2000
  2. 2Mitchell Energy Company L.P.Jan 2001 → Mar 2002
  3. 3Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Apr 2002 → Jul 2004
  4. 4Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Aug 2004 → Sep 2020
  5. 5BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
417751-99RecompletionMitchell Energy CorporationNov 2, 1993Nov 3, 1993—8,300
406993-99DrillMitchell Energy CorporationDec 8, 1992Dec 10, 1992Jan 3, 19938,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 31, 1993Jones Lewis G-13-145309Newark East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett LLCProducing8,108

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 831 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Parks4,122-3,291
Caddo4,664-3,833
Preg Shale5,374-4,543
Grant6,031-5,200
BarnettBARNETT SHALE7,714-6,883

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,4327,531Perforated
7,7157,809Perforated
7,7167,990Perforated
7,8397,883Perforated
7,8857,907Perforated
7,9617,987Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62594812.25600 S
4.58,0907.875650 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 12, 2001Feb 2, 2001—
00Jul 14, 1993May 18, 1993Yes
00Jun 2, 1993——

The source documents

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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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