TEXAS · WELLS · PALO PINTO COUNTY · BUCHANAN LEASE · API 42-363-36223 · DISTRICT 7C
Buchanan #1
Palo Pinto County · KRS (Marble Falls) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Burns-Dalton(marble Falls) · KRS (Marble Falls) · Newark, East (Barnett Shale) · Oran (Marble Falls)
- 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.
Buchanan #1 (API 42-363-36223) is a well in Palo Pinto County operated by FX Energy Operating LLC, completed June 12, 2014 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2015.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 29, 2014, permitted to 5,381 ft.
It was permitted by Newark E&P Operating, LLC and has since transferred to FX Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Big Saline, Buttram Sand - Disposal, Caddo, Canyon.
Its lease has reported 173 barrels of oil and 39.6K mcf of gas since June 2014, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Newark E&P Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Canadian, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 23
- Phone
- (844) 394-7687
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | FX Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | FX Energy Operating, LLCthrough Jan 2019 |
| Latest permit | Newark E&P Operating, LLCMar 29, 2014 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,381
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 29, 2014
- last permit issued
- Jun 12, 2014
- completed
- 173
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 39.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUN 2014 THROUGH JAN 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 12, 2014
- Shut in
- Oct 1, 2015
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan G-13-273956 | KRS (Marble Falls) | FX Energy Operating, LLC | 1 | 173 | 39.6K | Jun 2014 – Jan 2019 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Buchanan
FX Energy Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Palo Pinto 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.
- 1Newark E&P Operating, LLCJun 2014 → Sep 2015
- 2White Knight Production LLCNov 2017 → Jan 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 780967-99 | Drill | Newark E&P Operating, LLC | Feb 28, 2014 | Mar 29, 2014 | Apr 22, 2014 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2014 | Buchanan G-13-273956 | KRS (Marble Falls) | FX Energy Operating LLC | Producing · shut in Oct 1, 2015 | 5,381 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,048 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Big SalineBIG SALINE - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Buttram Sand - Disposal | — | — |
| Caddo | — | — |
| CaddoCADDO SAND - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| CanyonCANYON SAND - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| GunsightGUNSIGHT - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| MississippianMISSISSIPPIAN - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Palo PintoPALO PINTO - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| StrawnSTRAWN - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Unidentified-County Regular (Gas | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,750 | 5,010 | Perforated |
| 5,090 | 5,130 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 687 | 12.25 | 440 S |
| 5.5 | 5,320 | 7.875 | 560 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 | Oct 31, 2014 | Sep 24, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 12, 2017. Resistivity. 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.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITY | TIFF | 688 to 5,343 | Apr 12, 2017run Apr 27, 2014 | 7.39 |
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 42-363-36223 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-363-36223 → 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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