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TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · BAKER, JAMES GU LEASE · API 42-121-32818 · DISTRICT 7C

Baker James GU #12H

On schedule

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

Baker James GU #12H (API 42-121-32818) is a horizontal well in Denton County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed January 11, 2023 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 22, 2006, permitted to 7,980 ft.

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

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Barnett, Forestburg, Forestberg.

Its lease has reported 2.79M mcf of gas since November 2006, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

BKV Barnett LLC

Permitted by Devon Energy Production 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 Aug 2026
Latest permitDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.Mar 22, 2006

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

7,980
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Mar 22, 2006
last permit issued
Jan 11, 2023
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.79M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · NOV 2006 THROUGH AUG 2026

On this page6 formation topsLease production

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 11, 2023
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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
Baker, James GU G-13-228431Newark, East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett, LLC102.79MNov 2006 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 109,580 · prior 12 113,294(-3%)

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Wells named Baker James GU

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.

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Nov 2006 → Sep 2020
  2. 2BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
616201-99DrillDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.Mar 21, 2006Mar 22, 2006Sep 21, 20069,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 11, 2023Baker James GU G-13-228431Newark East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett LLCProducing7,980

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 703 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
BarnettBARNETT LIME7,436-6,733
BarnettUPPER BARNETT SHALE7,502-6,799
BarnettBARNETT SHALE7,507-6,804
ForestburgFORESTBURG LIME7,698-6,995
Forestberg7,722-7,019
BarnettLOWER BARNETT7,773-7,070

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,5237,526Perforated
7,52310,141Perforated
7,5507,553Perforated
7,5777,580Perforated
7,6097,612Perforated
7,8327,834Perforated
7,8537,855Perforated
7,8737,876Perforated
7,9447,948Perforated
8,0288,032Perforated
8,0928,096Perforated
8,1568,160Perforated
8,2218,225Perforated
8,3008,301Perforated
8,3808,381Perforated
8,4608,461Perforated
8,5408,541Perforated
8,6218,625Perforated
8,7008,701Perforated
8,7808,781Perforated
8,8608,861Perforated
8,9408,941Perforated
9,0219,425Perforated
9,1009,101Perforated
9,1809,181Perforated
9,2609,261Perforated
9,3409,341Perforated
9,82110,225Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,10512.25370 S
5.510,3218.51,180 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
00Feb 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023—
00Sep 16, 2021Sep 8, 2021—
00Jul 27, 2007Jan 10, 2007Yes
00Jul 26, 2007——

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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