TEXAS · WELLS · JOHNSON COUNTY · CHARLES BARKER LEASE · API 42-251-34003 · DISTRICT 7C
Charles Barker #3H
Johnson County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Horizontal
Charles Barker #3H (API 42-251-34003) is a plugged horizontal well in Johnson County, plugged September 21, 2026, last operated by Tep Barnett USA LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 25, 2010, 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 527K mcf of gas since September 2010, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
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 Nov 2015 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.May 25, 2010 |
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
- May 25, 2010
- last permit issued
- Jan 27, 2011
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 527K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2011 THROUGH Nov 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 27, 2011
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 21, 2026
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Barker G-13-258865 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | 1 | 0 | 527K | Sep 2010 – Nov 2015 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Charles Barker
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
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jan 2011 → Oct 2014
- 2Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Dec 2014 → Nov 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 696458-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | May 24, 2010 | May 25, 2010 | Sep 5, 2010 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2011 | Charles Barker G-13-258865 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 864 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,908 | 10,725 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,586 | 12.25 | 450 S |
| 5.5 | 10,827 | 8.75 | 1,485 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 | Aug 25, 2011 | Feb 28, 2011 | — |
| 00 | Feb 10, 2011 | Dec 1, 2010 | Yes |
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 42-251-34003 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-251-34003 → 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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