TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · PINKERTON GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-401-34823 · DISTRICT 06

Pinkerton Gas Unit #12H

Shut in

Rusk County · Brachfield S.E. (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned  · Horizontal

Pinkerton Gas Unit #12H (API 42-401-34823) is a horizontal well in Rusk County operated by Buckhorn Operating LLC, completed November 19, 2008 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2023.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued July 10, 2008, permitted to 11,347 ft.

It was permitted by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Buckhorn Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Haynesville.

Its lease has reported 1.07K barrels of oil and 226K mcf of gas since September 2008, last reporting volume in December 2025.

Operator of record

Buckhorn Operating LLC

Permitted by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
MT Enterprise, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 17, 2026
Permits on file
15
Phone
(903) 658-1889

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBuckhorn Operating LLC
Production reportsBuckhorn Operating LLCthrough Dec 2025
Latest permitCabot Oil & Gas CorporationJul 10, 2008

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

11,347
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jul 10, 2008
last permit issued
Nov 19, 2008
completed
1.07K
cumulative oil, bbl
226K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · DEC 2008 THROUGH DEC 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 19, 2008
Shut in
Feb 1, 2023
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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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
Pinkerton Gas Unit G-6-243340Brachfield, S.E. (Cotton Valley)Buckhorn Operating LLC11.07K226KSep 2008 – Dec 2025

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 365 · prior 12 15

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Wells named Pinkerton Gas Unit

Buckhorn Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Rusk 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.

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Cabot Oil & Gas CorporationDec 2008 → Jan 2016
  2. 2KJ Energy, LLCFeb 2016 → Jan 2023
  3. 3Buckhorn Operating LLCDec 2024 → Dec 2025

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
664827-98DrillCabot Oil & Gas CorporationJul 14, 2008Jul 10, 2008Aug 25, 200813,500
664827-99DrillCabot Oil & Gas CorporationJun 18, 2008Jul 10, 2008—12,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Nov 19, 2008Pinkerton Gas Unit G-6-243340Brachfield S.E. (Cotton Valley)Buckhorn Operating LLCTemp Abandoned · shut in Feb 1, 202311,347

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 380 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Haynesville11,255-10,875

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,92914,133Perforated
12,20514,384Perforated
12,48113,583Perforated
12,75713,858Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,36512.25480 S
711,6158.75410 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
00Apr 10, 2009Mar 18, 2009—
00Jan 15, 2009Dec 3, 2008Yes
00Dec 30, 2008——

The source documents

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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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