WELL · 42-401-33217 · DISTRICT 6

Burton Bertha GU 1 #5

Y

Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Burton Bertha GU 1 #5 (API 42-401-33217) is a well in Rusk County operated by Craton Operating LLC, completed August 10, 2003 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 3, 2003, permitted to 10,900 ft.

It was permitted by Eex E&P Company, L.P. and has since transferred to Craton Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including James Lime, Travis Peak, Bossier.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Craton Operating LLC

Permitted by Eex E&P Company, L.P.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Bellaire, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 14 permits on file · (713) 900-3456

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleCraton Operating LLC
Production reportsCraton Operating LLCthrough Oct 2024
Latest permitEex E&P Company, L.P.Apr 3, 2003

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

10,900
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Apr 3, 2003
last permit issued
Aug 10, 2003
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
775K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2003 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 10, 2003
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: X

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, Bertha GU 1 G-6-196949Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)Craton Operating LLC10775KAug 2003 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2,284(-100%)

05001K1.5K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Newfield Exploration CompanyAug 2003 → Aug 2011
  2. 2Ironwood Oil & Gas LLCSep 2011 → Jun 2014
  3. 3Cl&f Operating LLCJul 2014 → May 2020
  4. 4Craton Operating LLCJun 2020 → Oct 2024

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
530308-99DrillEex E&P Company, L.P.Apr 3, 2003Apr 3, 2003Jul 9, 200310,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-6-196949————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 400 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
James Lime6,994-6,594
Travis Peak7,546-7,146
Bossier10,830-10,430

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,54610,780Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,50311421 S
5.510,9008.751,570 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Nov 19, 2003Sep 8, 2003Yes
00Oct 8, 2003——

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 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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