TEXAS · WELLS · LEON COUNTY · API 42-289-31435 · DISTRICT 05

Black #1

Leon County · Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime) field · Producing · Vertical

Fields on the latest permit · any of 3: Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime) · Farrar (Travis Peak) · Farrar, SE (Pettit); Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Black #1 (API 42-289-31435) is a well in Leon County operated by Valence Operating Company, completed October 3, 2015 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 27, 2004, permitted to 14,788 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Bac, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.

Its 3 leases have reported 1.1K barrels of oil and 3.15M mcf of gas since January 2005, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Valence Operating Company

Based in: Kingwood, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Jun 4, 2026
Permits on file: 990
Phone: (281) 359-3659

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Valence Operating Company
Production reports	Valence Operating Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Valence Operating CompanySep 27, 2004

14,788: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 27, 2004: last permit issued
Oct 3, 2015: completed
1.1K: cumulative oil, bbl
3.15M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2005 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 3, 2015
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Black G-5-208341	Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime)	Valence Operating Company	1	1.1K	3.15M	Jan 2005 – Apr 2026
Black G-5-211149	Farrar (Travis Peak)	Valence Operating Company	1	0	0	May 2005 – —
Black G-5-211150	Farrar, SE (Pettit)	Valence Operating Company	1	0	0	May 2005 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 7,635 · prior 12 31,735(-76%)

Chain of custody

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

1Valence Operating CompanyJan 2005 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
551561-99	Drill	Valence Operating Company	Sep 27, 2004	Sep 27, 2004	Nov 11, 2004	15,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Oct 3, 2015	Black G-5-208341	Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime)	Valence Operating Company	Producing	14,788
May 6, 2005	Black G-5-211150	Farrar SE (Pettit)	Valence Operating Company	SWR-10-Well · shut in May 1, 2005	14,788
May 6, 2005	Black G-5-211149	Farrar (Travis Peak)	Valence Operating Company	SWR-10-Well · shut in May 1, 2005	14,788

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 426 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Bac	4,685	-4,259
Pettit	8,740	-8,314
Travis Peak	9,130	-8,704
Cotton Valley	11,800	-11,374
Bossier	12,900	-12,474
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME	14,335	-13,909

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,817	8,823	Perforated
8,817	8,946	Perforated
8,857	8,863	Perforated
8,902	8,908	Perforated
8,940	8,946	Perforated
9,172	9,174	Perforated
9,172	9,389	Perforated
9,256	9,261	Perforated
9,316	9,321	Perforated
9,384	9,389	Perforated
12,758	14,476	Perforated
14,456	14,476	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	1,588	12.25	585 S
7	13,855	8.75	1,335 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Oct 9, 2015	Oct 5, 2015	—
Mar 30, 2006	Dec 27, 2005	—
Dec 21, 2005	May 31, 2005	—
Dec 5, 2005	May 31, 2005	—
Oct 4, 2005	—	—
Jul 25, 2005	Mar 10, 2005	Yes
May 24, 2005	—	—

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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The source documents

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Wellbore filings for 42-289-31435 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-289-31435 → scanned completion filings

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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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