TEXAS · WELLS · JOHNSON COUNTY · LITTLE HOSS LEASE · API 42-251-31399 · DISTRICT 7C

Little Hoss #N 3H

Plugged

Johnson County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field  · Horizontal

Little Hoss #N 3H (API 42-251-31399) is a plugged horizontal well in Johnson County, plugged September 18, 2024, last operated by Tep Barnett USA LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 27, 2006, permitted to 9,000 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, Barnett.

Its lease has reported 1.04K barrels of oil and 1.12M mcf of gas since April 2007, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

TEP Barnett USA LLC

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 scheduleTEP Barnett USA LLC
Production reportsTEP Barnett USA, LLCthrough Dec 2022
Latest permitChesapeake Operating, Inc.Dec 27, 2006

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

9,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Dec 27, 2006
last permit issued
Apr 21, 2007
completed
1.04K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.12M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2007 THROUGH Dec 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 21, 2007
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 18, 2024

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.

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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
Little Hoss G-13-228490Newark, East (Barnett Shale)TEP Barnett USA, LLC11.04K1.12MApr 2007 – Dec 2022

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Wells named Little Hoss

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.

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 2007 → Oct 2014
  2. 2Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Nov 2014 → Jul 2017
  3. 3TEP Barnett USA, LLCAug 2017 → Dec 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
631016-99DrillChesapeake Operating, Inc.Dec 22, 2006Dec 27, 2006Feb 14, 20079,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 21, 2007Little Hoss G-13-228490Newark East (Barnett Shale)TEP Barnett USA LLCPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 951 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
AtokaATOKA LIME5,908-4,957
AtokaBASAL ATOKA6,310-5,359
BarnettUPPER BARNETT6,435-5,484

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,7937,783Perforated
8,0339,023Perforated
9,27310,263Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,17112.25475 S
5.510,3678.751,430 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
00Aug 9, 2007Jun 22, 2007Yes
00Jul 31, 2007——

The source documents

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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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