TEXAS · WELLS · TARRANT COUNTY · CHAPEL HILL LEASE · API 42-439-30365 · DISTRICT 7C
Chapel Hill #H 3H
Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Horizontal · Directional
Chapel Hill #H 3H (API 42-439-30365) is a horizontal well in Tarrant County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed June 16, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2002 and 2005, permitted to 7,365 ft.
It was permitted by Chief Oil & Gas LLC and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Marble Falls, Barnett, Viola.
Its lease has reported 1.3M mcf of gas since July 2002, last reporting volume in January 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chief Oil & Gas LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 11, 2026
- Permits on file
- 143
- Phone
- (940) 394-2000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BKV Barnett LLC |
| Production reports | BKV Barnett, LLCthrough Jan 2025 |
| Latest permit | Chief Oil & Gas LLCApr 7, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,365
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 7, 2005
- last permit issued
- Jun 16, 2005
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.3M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2003 THROUGH Jan 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 16, 2005
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2019
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill G-13-191867 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett, LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.3M | Jul 2002 – Jan 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1,442(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chief Oil & Gas LLC *Jun 2003 → Jun 2006
- 2Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jul 2006 → Jul 2020
- 3BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Jan 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 560115-99 | Recompletion | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Apr 7, 2005 | Apr 7, 2005 | — | 8,900 |
| 519728-99 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | May 6, 2002 | May 6, 2002 | Jun 22, 2002 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2005 | Chapel Hill G-13-191867 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett LLC | Producing · shut in Jun 1, 2019 | 7,365 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 782 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Marble Falls | 6,674 | -5,892 |
| BarnettBARNETT SAHLE | 6,907 | -6,125 |
| BarnettBARNETT SHALE | 6,934 | -6,152 |
| Viola | 7,302 | -6,520 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,962 | 7,140 | Perforated |
| 7,015 | 7,022 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,248 | 12.25 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 7,361 | 7.875 | 240 S |
| 5.5 | 8,689 | 7.875 | 610 S |
| 5.5 | — | 7.875 | 230 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 | Aug 8, 2006 | Jul 21, 2005 | — |
| 00 | Aug 12, 2003 | Jul 21, 2003 | — |
| 00 | Apr 18, 2003 | Oct 14, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 30, 2002 | — | — |
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 42-439-30365 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-439-30365 → 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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