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TEXAS · WELLS · DENTON COUNTY · PORTER-NICHOLSON (SA) LEASE · API 42-121-34178 · DISTRICT 7C

Porter-Nicholson (SA) #3H

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

Porter-Nicholson (SA) #3H (API 42-121-34178) is a horizontal well in Denton County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed July 15, 2022 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 2011, permitted to 8,370 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 2 formation tops, including Barnett, Forestburg.

Its lease has reported 2.96M mcf of gas since October 2011, last reporting volume in April 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
Watch this operatorWatch Denton County

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBKV Barnett LLC
Production reportsBKV Barnett, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jun 13, 2011

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

8,370
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 13, 2011
last permit issued
Jul 15, 2022
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.96M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2012 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 15, 2022
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
Porter-Nicholson (SA) G-13-264219Newark, East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett, LLC102.96MOct 2011 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 100,362 · prior 12 117,084(-14%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Mar 2012 → Sep 2020
  2. 2BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
717989-99DrillDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jun 8, 2011Jun 13, 2011Sep 30, 20119,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jul 15, 2022Porter-Nicholson (SA) G-13-264219Newark East (Barnett Shale)BKV Barnett LLCProducing8,370

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 743 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
BarnettUPPER BARNETT SHALE7,776-7,033
BarnettUPPER BARNETT SHALE7,777-7,034
ForestburgFORESTBURG LIME7,952-7,209
BarnettLOWER BARNETT8,052-7,309

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,7987,800Perforated
7,8217,823Perforated
7,8437,845Perforated
7,8667,867Perforated
7,9117,912Perforated
8,1218,123Perforated
8,1428,144Perforated
8,3798,381Perforated
8,4398,441Perforated
8,4998,501Perforated
8,5598,561Perforated
8,6198,621Perforated
8,6798,681Perforated
8,7418,745Perforated
8,7418,949Perforated
8,74112,621Perforated
8,8468,847Perforated
8,9458,949Perforated
9,0489,049Perforated
9,1499,153Perforated
9,1499,357Perforated
9,2509,251Perforated
9,3539,357Perforated
9,4599,460Perforated
9,5579,561Perforated
9,5579,765Perforated
9,6659,666Perforated
9,7619,765Perforated
9,8669,867Perforated
9,96510,173Perforated
10,37310,581Perforated
10,78110,989Perforated
11,18911,397Perforated
11,59711,805Perforated
12,00512,213Perforated
12,42312,621Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,31517.5705 S
9.6253,00612.25330 S
5.512,7628.751,350 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 14, 2022Aug 11, 2022—
00Oct 14, 2021Oct 6, 2021—
00Nov 28, 2012May 1, 2012—
00Jul 20, 2012Feb 7, 2012Yes

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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