TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · LAIRD, B. F. LEASE · API 42-401-82259 · DISTRICT 06
Laird B. F. #29
Rusk County · East Texas field · Producing · Vertical
Laird B. F. #29 (API 42-401-82259) is a well in Rusk County operated by Linder John Operating CO. LLC, completed August 9, 2012 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 20, 2012, permitted to 3,798 ft.
It was permitted by Zone Energy, LLC and has since transferred to Linder John Operating CO. LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Woodbine, Dense Chalk.
Its lease has reported 136K barrels of oil and 112K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 18 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Zone Energy, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Gladewater, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 13, 2025
- Permits on file
- 14
- Phone
- (903) 845-4240
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Linder John Operating Co. LLC |
| Production reports | Linder, John Operating Co., LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Zone Energy, LLCApr 20, 2012 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,798
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 20, 2012
- last permit issued
- Aug 9, 2012
- completed
- 136K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 112K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 9, 2012
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (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; they carry 18 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laird, B. F. O-7-6970 | East Texas | Linder, John Operating Co., LLC | 18 | 136K | 112K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,093 · prior 12 1,080(+1%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,311 · prior 12 2,645(-13%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Apr 1996
- 2Maxima Energy Corp.May 1996 → May 2005
- 3Maxima Energy CorporationJun 2005 → Jun 2010
- 4Zone Energy, LLCJul 2010 → Feb 2015
- 5Scout Energy Management LLCMar 2015 → Oct 2023
- 6Linder, John Operating Co., LLCNov 2023 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 737698-99 | Reenter | Zone Energy, LLC | Apr 5, 2012 | Apr 20, 2012 | Jul 16, 2012 | 4,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2012 | Laird B. F. O-7-6970 | East Texas | Linder John Operating Co. LLC | Producing | 3,798 |
| Nov 30, 1937 | Laird B. F. O-7-6970 | East Texas | Linder John Operating Co. LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 451 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 3,500 | -3,049 |
| Woodbine | 3,667 | -3,216 |
| Dense Chalk | 3,682 | -3,231 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,663 | 3,766 | Perforated |
| 3,663 | 3,779 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 106 | 12 | 35 S |
| 2.875 | 3,497 | — | — |
| 2.875 | 3,650 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 3,663 | 7.875 | 100 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 | Apr 9, 2015 | — | — |
| 00 | Feb 23, 2015 | Nov 15, 2012 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 14, 1979 | — |
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 42-401-82259 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-82259 → 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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