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TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · BURTON, J.L. ESTATE UNIT LEASE · API 42-401-32663 · DISTRICT 06

Burton J.L. Estate Unit #6

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Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Producing  · Vertical

Burton J.L. Estate Unit #6 (API 42-401-32663) is a well in Rusk County operated by Tgnr East Texas II LLC, completed May 15, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued August 20, 1996, permitted to 10,686 ft.

It was permitted by Nuevo Energy Company and has since transferred to Tgnr East Texas II LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Travis Peak, Base "B" Lm., Lwr Cotton Valley, Bossier.

Its lease has reported 1.73K barrels of oil and 1.46M mcf of gas since May 1997, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

TGNR East Texas II LLC

Permitted by Nuevo Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 18, 2026
Permits on file
162
Phone
(346) 308-2250
Watch this operatorWatch Rusk County

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleTGNR East Texas II LLC
Production reportsTGNR East Texas II LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitNuevo Energy CompanyAug 20, 1996

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

10,686
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Aug 20, 1996
last permit issued
May 15, 1997
completed
1.73K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.46M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1997 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
May 15, 1997
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Burton, J.L. Estate Unit G-6-163509Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)TGNR East Texas II LLC11.73K1.46MMay 1997 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 3,995 · prior 12 4,278(-7%)

0200400600202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Nuevo Energy CompanyMay 1997 → Dec 1998
  2. 2Samson Lone Star LPJan 1999 → Jun 2007
  3. 3Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Sep 2017
  4. 4Rockcliff Energy Operating LLCOct 2017 → Nov 2023
  5. 5TGNR East Texas II LLCDec 2023 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
450854-98DrillNuevo Energy CompanyMar 27, 1997Aug 20, 1996Apr 5, 199711,500
450854-99DrillNuevo Energy CompanyJul 26, 1996Aug 20, 1996—11,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
May 15, 1997Burton J.L. Estate Unit G-6-163509Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)TGNR East Texas II LLCProducing10,686

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 443 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Travis Peak7,288-6,845
Base "B" Lm.9,182-8,739
LWR Cotton Valley10,260-9,817
BossierBOSSIER SHALE10,570-10,127

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,2309,284Perforated
9,3449,410Perforated
9,77610,114Perforated
10,26910,272Perforated
10,26910,553Perforated
10,27810,280Perforated
10,30010,304Perforated
10,30610,310Perforated
10,32310,325Perforated
10,32710,331Perforated
10,33410,336Perforated
10,34310,346Perforated
10,34810,350Perforated
10,39710,400Perforated
10,40510,407Perforated
10,41010,414Perforated
10,42210,426Perforated
10,42810,430Perforated
10,43510,437Perforated
10,45610,459Perforated
10,47910,483Perforated
10,51210,514Perforated
10,54210,544Perforated
10,54610,549Perforated
10,55110,553Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
1660——
9.62598012.25540 S
4.510,6857.8751,323 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Oct 12, 2001Aug 27, 2001—
00Jun 13, 2001Apr 9, 2001—
00Jul 24, 1997Jun 5, 1997Yes
00Jul 16, 1997——

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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