TEXAS · WELLS · SHELBY COUNTY · BALKCOM GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-419-00018 · DISTRICT 06
Balkcom Gas Unit #1
Shelby County · Tenaha(glen Rose) field · Vertical
Balkcom Gas Unit #1 (API 42-419-00018) is a plugged well in Shelby County, plugged December 4, 2014, last operated by M. E. Operating & Services Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 1983, permitted to 4,400 ft.
It was permitted by Spindletop Oil&Gas Company and has since transferred to M. E. Operating & Services Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
M. E. Operating & Services Inc.
Permitted by Spindletop Oil&gas Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 99
- Phone
- (817) 335-0831
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | M. E. Operating & Services Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Spindletop Oil&gas CompanyAug 18, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,400
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Aug 18, 1983
- last permit issued
- Jul 9, 1982
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH —
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 9, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 4, 2014
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkcom Gas Unit G-6-107286 | Tenaha(glen Rose) | M. E. Operating & Services, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212504-99 | Other | Spindletop Oil&gas Company | Jun 23, 1983 | Aug 18, 1983 | — | 4,400 |
| 163405-99 | Other | Spindletop Oil&gas Company | Jun 10, 1982 | Jun 10, 1982 | — | 4,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1982 | Balkcom Gas Unit G-6-107286 | Tenaha(glen Rose) | M. E. Operating & Services Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,064 | 4,124 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,462 | 12.25 | 800 S |
| 2.375 | 3,998 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 4,257 | 8.75 | 325 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 23, 1983 | — |
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 42-419-00018 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-419-00018 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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