TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · CARTER FAMILY TRUST LEASE · API 42-121-30782 · DISTRICT 7C
Carter Family Trust #1
Denton County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Vertical
Carter Family Trust #1 (API 42-121-30782) is a plugged well in Denton County, plugged July 13, 2022, last operated by Bkv Barnett LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 26, 2000, permitted to 8,050 ft.
It was permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Caddo, Atoka, Barnett.
Its lease has reported 7 barrels of oil and 346K mcf of gas since July 2000, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
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 schedule | BKV Barnett LLC |
| Production reports | BKV Barnett, LLCthrough Jul 2022 |
| Latest permit | Mitchell Energy CorporationMay 26, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,050
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 26, 2000
- last permit issued
- Jul 29, 2000
- completed
- 7
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 346K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JAN 2001 THROUGH JUL 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 29, 2000
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 13, 2022
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 APR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Family Trust G-13-181205 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett, LLC | 1 | 7 | 346K | Jul 2000 – Jul 2022 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Carter Family Trust
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mitchell Energy Company L.P.Jan 2001 → Mar 2002
- 2Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Apr 2002 → Jul 2004
- 3Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Aug 2004 → Sep 2020
- 4BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Jul 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495476-99 | Drill | Mitchell Energy Corporation | May 25, 2000 | May 26, 2000 | Jun 18, 2000 | 8,050 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2000 | Carter Family Trust G-13-181205 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,268 | 7,442 | Perforated |
| 7,518 | 7,778 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,119 | 12.25 | 540 S |
| 5.5 | 7,895 | 7.875 | 516 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 | Aug 24, 2001 | Jan 10, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 14, 2001 | — | — |
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 42-121-30782 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-121-30782 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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