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Schluter #3

Shut in

Denton County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Schluter #3 (API 42-121-31213) is a well in Denton County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed March 11, 2002 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2023.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 12, 2001, permitted to 8,649 ft.

It was permitted by Dallas Production, Inc. and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Cordell, Marble Falls, Barnett, Ordovician.

Its lease has reported 6.3K barrels of oil and 433K mcf of gas since March 2002, last reporting volume in May 2023.

Operator of record

BKV Barnett LLC

Permitted by Dallas Production, Inc.; 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 May 2023
Latest permitDallas Production, Inc.Oct 12, 2001

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

8,649
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 12, 2001
last permit issued
Mar 11, 2002
completed
6.3K
cumulative oil, bbl
433K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2002 THROUGH May 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 11, 2002
Shut in
Jun 1, 2023
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.

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Schluter G-13-189347Newark, East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett, LLC16.3K433KMar 2002 – May 2023

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

051015202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Dallas Production, Inc.Mar 2002 → Aug 2002
  2. 2Burlington Resources O & G Co LPSep 2002 → Oct 2002
  3. 3Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Nov 2002 → Jul 2004
  4. 4Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Aug 2004 → Sep 2020
  5. 5BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → May 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
514384-99DrillDallas Production, Inc.Oct 12, 2001Oct 12, 2001Oct 23, 20018,850

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 11, 2002Schluter G-13-189347Newark East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett LLCTemp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 20238,649

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 836 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Cordell6,242-5,406
Marble Falls7,344-6,508
BarnettBARNETT SHALE7,624-6,788
Ordovician8,556-7,720
Viola8,556-7,720

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,2108,524Perforated
7,6307,701Perforated
7,8808,070Perforated
8,2108,524Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62598512.25490 S
5.58,6287.875450 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
00Aug 29, 2008Feb 4, 2008—
00Aug 6, 2002May 22, 2002Yes
00Jul 16, 2002——

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.

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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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