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Middleton E #6

Shut in

Freestone County · Teague (CV-Bossier Cons.) field · Producing  · Vertical

Middleton E #6 (API 42-161-33015) is a well in Freestone County operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd., completed April 19, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2026.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 7, 2004, permitted to 12,700 ft.

It was permitted by Marathon Oil Company and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Rodessa, James Lime, Pettit, Travis Peak.

Its lease has reported 441 barrels of oil and 1.38M mcf of gas since August 2004, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.

Permitted by Marathon Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Wichita Falls, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 4, 2025
Permits on file
384
Phone
(940) 397-8600

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBurk Royalty Co. Ltd.
Production reportsBurk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitMarathon Oil CompanyJun 7, 2004

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

12,700
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 7, 2004
last permit issued
Apr 19, 2006
completed
441
cumulative oil, bbl
1.38M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2004 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 19, 2006
Shut in
Jul 1, 2026
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
Middleton "E" G-5-207343Teague (CV-Bossier Cons.)Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.14411.38MAug 2004 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 7,778 · prior 12 17,073(-54%)

02K4K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Marathon Oil CompanyAug 2004 → Aug 2015
  2. 2Legacy Reserves Operating LPSep 2015 → May 2021
  3. 3Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Jun 2021 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
546574-99DrillMarathon Oil CompanyJun 7, 2004Jun 7, 2004Jul 13, 200412,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 19, 2006Middleton E G-5-207343Teague (CV-Bossier Cons.)Burk Royalty Co. Ltd.Producing · shut in Jul 1, 202612,700

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 359 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rodessa7,960-7,601
James Lime8,410-8,051
Pettit8,590-8,231
Travis Peak8,780-8,421
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY SAND11,180-10,821
Bossier12,160-11,801

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,02012,360Perforated
12,44312,512Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6252,52512.25835 S
4.512,7008.75640 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
00Jan 3, 2008Oct 1, 2007—
00Jun 15, 2005Jan 28, 2005Yes
00Apr 6, 2005——

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 are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

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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