TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · MALONE, SAMUEL LEASE · API 42-121-31563 · DISTRICT 7C

Malone Samuel #6

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

Malone Samuel #6 (API 42-121-31563) is a well in Denton County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed October 22, 2002 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 6, 2002, permitted to 8,722 ft.

It was permitted by Devon Energy Operating CO., L.P. and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Parks Reef, Caddo, Doly Lime, Marble Falls.

Its lease has reported 36 barrels of oil and 1.54M mcf of gas since October 2002, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

BKV Barnett LLC

Permitted by Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.; 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 Apr 2026
Latest permitDevon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Jun 6, 2002

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

8,722
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 6, 2002
last permit issued
Oct 22, 2002
completed
36
cumulative oil, bbl
1.54M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2002 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 22, 2002
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.

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
Malone, Samuel G-13-193355Newark, East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett, LLC1361.54MOct 2002 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 34,795 · prior 12 37,052(-6%)

02K4K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Dec 2002 → Jul 2004
  2. 2Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Aug 2004 → Sep 2020
  3. 3BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
520722-99DrillDevon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Jun 6, 2002Jun 6, 2002Sep 16, 20028,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 22, 2002Malone Samuel G-13-193355Newark East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett LLCProducing8,722

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 737 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Parks Reef4,490-3,753
CaddoCADDO LIME5,004-4,267
Doly Lime5,189-4,452
Marble Falls7,504-6,767
BarnettBARNETT MKR. BOTTOM-85857,795-7,058
BarnettBARNETT SHALE7,852-7,115
Ordovician8,580-7,843

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,8547,927Perforated
8,1518,540Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,17012.25640 S
5.58,7227.875890 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
00Jul 21, 2005Apr 28, 2005—
00Apr 3, 2003Mar 7, 2003Yes
00Mar 18, 2003——

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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