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TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · MALONE, SAMUEL LEASE · API 42-121-31564 · DISTRICT 7C

Malone Samuel #7H

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Denton County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing  · Horizontal · Directional

Malone Samuel #7H (API 42-121-31564) is a horizontal well in Denton County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed August 25, 2021 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued June 6, 2002, permitted to 8,429 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 5 formation tops, including Marble Falls, Barnett, Forestburg, Forestberg.

Its lease has reported 40 barrels of oil and 3.22M mcf of gas since June 2004, 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
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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.

8,429
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jun 6, 2002
last permit issued
Aug 25, 2021
completed
40
cumulative oil, bbl
3.22M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2004 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 25, 2021
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-13-202693Newark, East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett, LLC1403.22MJun 2004 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 115,552 · prior 12 125,405(-8%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jun 2004 → Sep 2020
  2. 2BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
520721-98DrillDevon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Feb 2, 2004Jun 6, 2002Apr 29, 20049,000
520721-99DrillDevon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Jun 6, 2002Jun 6, 2002—8,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 25, 2021Malone Samuel G-13-202693Newark East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett LLCProducing8,429

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 717 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Marble Falls7,585-6,868
BarnettUPPER BARNETT SHALE7,909-7,192
BarnettBARNETT SHALE7,916-7,199
ForestburgFORESTBURG LIME8,087-7,370
Forestberg8,128-7,411
BarnettLOWER BARNETT8,195-7,478
Ordovician8,679-7,962

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,9307,933Perforated
7,9667,969Perforated
7,9978,000Perforated
8,0518,054Perforated
8,2948,297Perforated
8,3188,321Perforated
8,5868,588Perforated
8,6728,674Perforated
8,7478,749Perforated
8,8238,825Perforated
8,8958,897Perforated
9,0009,990Perforated
9,0709,071Perforated
9,1329,133Perforated
9,1949,195Perforated
9,3199,320Perforated
9,3819,382Perforated
9,4429,443Perforated
9,5679,568Perforated
9,6209,621Perforated
9,6979,698Perforated
9,8129,813Perforated
9,8759,876Perforated
9,9299,930Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,14613.5460 S
710,0169.875580 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
00Oct 15, 2021Sep 15, 2021—
00Apr 4, 2007Nov 29, 2006—
00Nov 4, 2004Jul 29, 2004Yes
00Aug 11, 2004——

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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