TEXAS · WELLS · JOHNSON COUNTY · STAINLESS STEEL MIDGE LEASE · API 42-251-30853 · DISTRICT 7C
Stainless Steel Midge #2H
Johnson County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Horizontal
Stainless Steel Midge #2H (API 42-251-30853) is a horizontal well in Johnson County operated by Tep Barnett USA LLC, completed August 15, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2017.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 17, 2006, permitted to 7,035 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Tep Barnett USA LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Atoka, Upr Barnett.
Its lease has reported 1.02M mcf of gas since August 2006, last reporting volume in April 2024.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 10, 2026
- Permits on file
- 371
- Phone
- (817) 720-1100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | TEP Barnett USA LLC |
| Production reports | TEP Barnett USA, LLCthrough Apr 2024 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 17, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,035
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 17, 2006
- last permit issued
- Aug 15, 2006
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.02M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · AUG 2006 THROUGH APR 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 15, 2006
- Shut in
- Nov 1, 2017
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stainless Steel Midge G-13-223872 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.02M | Aug 2006 – Apr 2024 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Wells named Stainless Steel Midge
TEP Barnett USA LLC'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
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| TEP Barnett USA, LLC | Aug 1, 2017 | today |
| Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C. | Nov 1, 2014 | Aug 1, 2017 |
| Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Jan 23, 2007 | Nov 1, 2014 |
Reporting production
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Aug 2006 → Oct 2014
- 2Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Nov 2014 → Mar 2017
- 3TEP Barnett USA, LLCAug 2017 → Apr 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615977-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Mar 16, 2006 | Mar 17, 2006 | Jun 26, 2006 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2006 | Stainless Steel Midge G-13-223872 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA LLC | Producing · shut in Nov 1, 2017 | 7,035 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 717 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,292 | 7,994 | Perforated |
| 8,244 | 8,945 | Perforated |
| 9,194 | 9,897 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,375 | 12.25 | 515 S |
| 5.5 | 10,000 | 8.75 | 1,390 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 12, 2007 | Oct 10, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 23, 2007 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Mar 5, 2008. Cased hole, Cement bond, Density, Gamma ray.
Click a log to get its files from the RRC (free account). It opens in a new tab on the RRC's log search for this well, which lists each file to view or download; the RRC has no address for a single file.
| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveys Cased HoleCEMENT BOND LOG VARIABLE DENSITY GAMMA RAY COLLARSpans Atoka, Upr Barnett | TIFF | 3,300 to 7,150 | Mar 5, 2008run Jul 20, 2006 | — |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
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 42-251-30853 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-251-30853 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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