WELL · 42-285-34023 · DISTRICT 2
Jake Berger Jr. Cattle Company #5H
Lavaca County · Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) field · Producing · Horizontal
Jake Berger JR. Cattle Company #5H (API 42-285-34023) is a horizontal well in Lavaca County operated by FW Eagle Ford I LLC, completed September 21, 2017 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 13, 2017, permitted to 14,500 ft.
It was permitted by Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P. and has since transferred to FW Eagle Ford I LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio, Vicksburg, Yegua.
Its lease has reported 894K barrels of oil and 895K mcf of gas since September 2015, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 15, 2026
- Permits on file
- 46
- Phone
- (713) 722-6500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | FW Eagle Ford I LLC |
| Production reports | FW Eagle Ford I, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P.Mar 13, 2017 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 13, 2017
- last permit issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- completed
- 894K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 895K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2015 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 21, 2017
- Shut in
- —
- 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; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Berger,jr. Cattle Company O-2-11157 | Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) | FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | 6 | 894K | 895K | Sep 2015 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 44,994 · prior 12 67,585(-33%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 25,228 · prior 12 34,274(-26%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P.Sep 2015 → Nov 2022
- 2Rocc Oil & Gas, L.P.Dec 2022 → Dec 2023
- 3Baytex Energy USA, Inc.Jan 2024 → Dec 2025
- 4FW Eagle Ford I, LLCJan 2026 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 823982-99 | Drill | Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P. | Mar 2, 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 | May 14, 2017 | 14,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-11157 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 448 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Catahoula | 100 | 348 |
| FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL | 200 | 248 |
| Vicksburg | 600 | -152 |
| YeguaYEGUA - DISPOSAL | 1,000 | -552 |
| WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL | 4,250 | -3,802 |
| Anacacho | 9,792 | -9,344 |
| Austin Chalk | 10,039 | -9,591 |
| Eagle FordEAGLE FORD - H2S | 10,736 | -10,288 |
| EdwardsEDWARDS - H2S | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,223 | 17,391 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 4,272 | 12.25 | 1,305 S |
| 5.5 | 17,516 | 8.5 | 2,695 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 20, 2018 | Nov 10, 2017 | 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 42-285-34023 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-285-34023 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
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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