WELL · 42-365-30669 · DISTRICT 6

Burton Billie Jean #1

Plugged

Panola County · Carthage (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Burton Billie Jean #1 (API 42-365-30669) is a plugged well in Panola County, plugged February 27, 2002, last operated by Ocean Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 9, 1977, permitted to 9,800 ft.

It was permitted by Arkla Exploration CO. and has since transferred to Ocean Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Ocean Energy Inc.

Permitted by Arkla Exploration Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 7, 2003 · 220 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Ocean Energy Inc.
Production reports	Ocean Energy, Inc.through Nov 2000
Latest permit	Arkla Exploration Co.Dec 9, 1977

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

9,800: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Dec 9, 1977: last permit issued
May 25, 1978: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
452K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2002

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 25, 1978
Shut in: —
Plugged: Feb 27, 2002

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Burton, Billie Jean G-6-79174	Carthage (Cotton Valley)	Ocean Energy, Inc.	1	0	452K	Jan 1993 – Feb 2002

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

Chain of custody

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

1Arkla Exploration Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
2Seagull Mid-South, Inc.Feb 1993 → May 1998
3Seagull Energy E&P Inc.Jun 1998 → Oct 2000
4Ocean Energy, Inc.Nov 2000 → Nov 2000

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
13703-99	Drill	Arkla Exploration Co.	Dec 9, 1977	Dec 9, 1977	Dec 13, 1977	9,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-79174	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,524	9,469	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	211	17.5	225 S
8.625	2,345	12.25	950 S
4.5	9,632	7.875	1,215 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	Jan 12, 1984	Nov 3, 1978	—

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 42-365-30669 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-365-30669 → 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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