TEXAS · WELLS · JOHNSON COUNTY · BETHANY LEASE · API 42-251-30603 · DISTRICT 7C
Bethany #5H
Johnson County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Horizontal
Bethany #5H (API 42-251-30603) is a plugged horizontal well in Johnson County, plugged June 27, 2008, last operated by Chesapeake Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 19, 2005, permitted to 11,000 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Atoka, Barnett.
Its lease has reported 63.7K mcf of gas since February 2006, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Oklahoma City, OK
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 10, 2024
- Permits on file
- 13,061
- Phone
- (405) 935-3100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Chesapeake Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.through Oct 2006 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Oct 19, 2005 |
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 19, 2005
- last permit issued
- Feb 13, 2006
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 63.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAY 2006 THROUGH OCT 2006
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 13, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 27, 2008
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany G-13-216200 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 63.7K | Feb 2006 – Oct 2006 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Bethany
Chesapeake Operating Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Johnson 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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.May 2006 → Oct 2006
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608128-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Oct 18, 2005 | Oct 19, 2005 | Dec 21, 2005 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2006 | Bethany G-13-216200 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | Chesapeake Operating Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 837 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,032 | 7,818 | Perforated |
| 8,016 | 8,802 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,306 | 12.25 | 525 S |
| 5.5 | 8,860 | 8.75 | 1,030 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 | Feb 14, 2007 | Aug 16, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Sep 28, 2006 | Mar 30, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 7, 2006 | — | — |
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 42-251-30603 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-251-30603 → 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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