WELL · 42-365-34656 · DISTRICT 6
Black Vera #8
Panola County · Bethany (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Black Vera #8 (API 42-365-34656) is a well in Panola County operated by Hunt Petroleum Corporation, completed July 10, 2001.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 2, 2001, permitted to 10,000 ft.
It was permitted by El Paso Production Company and has since transferred to Hunt Petroleum Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley, Taylor.
Its 2 leases have reported 8.94K barrels of oil and 1.42M mcf of gas since July 2001, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by EL Paso Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 16, 2008
- Permits on file
- 252
- Phone
- (214) 880-8800
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hunt Petroleum Corporation |
| Production reports | XTO Energy Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | EL Paso Production CompanyApr 2, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 2, 2001
- last permit issued
- Jul 10, 2001
- completed
- 8.94K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.42M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 10, 2001
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black, Vera G-6-193200 | Bethany (Cotton Valley) | XTO Energy Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1.13M | Jan 2003 – Jul 2026 |
| Black, Vera O-6-14115 | Bethany (Cotton Valley) | Hunt Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 8.94K | 293K | Jul 2001 – Apr 2003 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 28,396 · prior 12 26,234(+8%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1EL Paso Production CompanyJul 2001 → Mar 2002
- 2Hunt Petroleum CorporationApr 2002 → Nov 2008
- 3XTO Energy Inc.Dec 2008 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 507307-99 | Drill | EL Paso Production Company | Apr 2, 2001 | Apr 2, 2001 | May 9, 2001 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-193200 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-6-14115 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 240 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Pettit | 5,800 | -5,560 |
| Travis Peak | 6,150 | -5,910 |
| Cotton Valley | 6,400 | -6,160 |
| Taylor | 9,500 | -9,260 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,264 | 9,270 | Perforated |
| 9,620 | 9,623 | Perforated |
| 9,674 | 9,675 | Perforated |
| 9,792 | 9,796 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,084 | 12.25 | 390 S |
| 4.5 | 9,925 | 8.75 | 2,400 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 | Mar 12, 2003 | — | — |
| 00 | Nov 2, 2001 | Oct 5, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 24, 2001 | — | — |
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 42-365-34656 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-34656 → 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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