WELL · 42-121-30831 · DISTRICT 9
Briscoe #1
Denton County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Vertical
Briscoe #1 (API 42-121-30831) is a permitted well in Denton County filed by Western Chief Oil & Gas Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 27, 2000, permitted to 8,700 ft.
It was permitted by Western Chief Oil & Gas Company and has since transferred to Fairington Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Western Chief Oil & Gas Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Sanger, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · (940) 781-6742
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fairington Inc. |
| Production reports | Fairington, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Western Chief Oil & Gas CompanySep 27, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 27, 2000
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 453K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2000 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briscoe G-13-180681 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | Fairington, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 453K | Dec 2000 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 583 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Western Chief Oil & Gas CompanyDec 2000 → Feb 2008
- 2Western Chief Operating, L.L.C.Mar 2008 → Feb 2024
- 3Fairington, Inc.Mar 2026 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500022-99 | Drill | Western Chief Oil & Gas Company | Sep 25, 2000 | Sep 27, 2000 | Oct 28, 2000 | 8,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-13-180681 | — | — | — | — |
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 | Feb 8, 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 42-121-30831 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-121-30831 → 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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