TEXAS · WELLS · TARRANT COUNTY · AVONDALE HEIGHTS UNIT LEASE · API 42-439-30961 · DISTRICT 7C
Avondale Heights Unit #5 H
Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Horizontal · Directional
Avondale Heights Unit #5 H (API 42-439-30961) is a horizontal well in Tarrant County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed January 29, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended twice) between 2002 and 2004, permitted to 7,012 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 Caddo, Marble Falls, Barnett.
Its lease has reported 1.59M mcf of gas since January 2006, last reporting volume in August 2026.
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 Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Chief Oil & Gas LLCAug 10, 2004 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,012
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Aug 10, 2004
- last permit issued
- Jan 29, 2006
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.59M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JAN 2006 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 29, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale Heights Unit G-13-215341 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett, LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.59M | Jan 2006 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 47,511 · prior 12 31,276(+52%)
Wells named Avondale Heights Unit
BKV Barnett LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Tarrant 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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chief Oil & Gas LLC *Jan 2006 → Jun 2006
- 2Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jul 2006 → Sep 2020
- 3BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 549408-98 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Dec 17, 2004 | Aug 10, 2004 | Jan 8, 2005 | 8,900 |
| 549408-99 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Aug 10, 2004 | Aug 10, 2004 | — | 8,000 |
| 521317-98 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Aug 25, 2003 | Jun 24, 2002 | — | 8,000 |
| 521317-99 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Jun 24, 2002 | Jun 24, 2002 | — | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2006 | Avondale Heights Unit G-13-215341 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett LLC | Producing | 7,012 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 793 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CaddoCADDO LIME | 3,255 | -2,462 |
| Marble Falls | 6,571 | -5,778 |
| BarnettBARNETT SHALE | 6,980 | -6,187 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,350 | 9,025 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,071 | 12.25 | 550 S |
| 5.5 | 9,204 | 7.875 | 625 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 | Jun 18, 2007 | Feb 23, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 19, 2006 | — | — |
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 42-439-30961 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-439-30961 → 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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