TEXAS · WELLS · HARTLEY COUNTY · BALFOUR LEASE · API 42-205-30258 · DISTRICT 08
Balfour #7R
Hartley County · Panhandle West field · Producing · Vertical
Balfour #7R (API 42-205-30258) is a well in Hartley County operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd., completed February 17, 1994 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 22, 1993, permitted to 4,500 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Red Cave, Brown Dolomite, Moore County Lime.
Its lease has reported 724K mcf of gas since February 1994, last reporting volume in October 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum 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 schedule | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Oct 2025 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyDec 22, 1993 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 22, 1993
- last permit issued
- Feb 17, 1994
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 724K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1994 THROUGH Oct 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 17, 1994
- Shut in
- Nov 1, 2025
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour G-14-148483 | Panhandle, West | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 1 | 0 | 724K | Feb 1994 – Oct 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 302 · prior 12 3,416(-91%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyFeb 1994 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Sep 2017
- 3Scout Energy Management LLCOct 2017 → Oct 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419584-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Dec 21, 1993 | Dec 22, 1993 | Jan 5, 1994 | 4,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1994 | Balfour G-14-148483 | Panhandle West | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Producing · shut in Nov 1, 2025 | 4,500 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,647 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Red Cave | 2,272 | 1,375 |
| Brown Dolomite | 2,942 | 705 |
| Moore County Lime | 3,209 | 438 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,060 | 3,084 | Perforated |
| 3,248 | 3,282 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,037 | 12.25 | 825 S |
| 5.5 | 3,559 | 7.875 | 190 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 18, 1994 | Mar 14, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 25, 1994 | — | — |
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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-205-30258 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-205-30258 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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