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Ford #3H

On schedule

Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing  · Horizontal

Ford #3H (API 42-439-32559) is a horizontal well in Tarrant County operated by Tep Barnett USA LLC, completed March 14, 2009 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued August 10, 2007, permitted to 7,317 ft.

It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Tep Barnett USA LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Atoka, Barnett.

Its lease has reported 2.24M mcf of gas since March 2009, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

TEP Barnett USA LLC

Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Fort Worth, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Apr 10, 2026
Permits on file
371
Phone
(817) 720-1100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleTEP Barnett USA LLC
Production reportsTEP Barnett USA, LLCthrough Aug 2026
Latest permitChesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 28, 2008

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

7,317
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Mar 28, 2008
last permit issued
Mar 14, 2009
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.24M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAR 2009 THROUGH AUG 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 14, 2009
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.

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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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Ford G-13-251391Newark, East (Barnett Shale)TEP Barnett USA, LLC102.24MMar 2009 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 47,794 · prior 12 51,192(-7%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Wells named Ford

TEP Barnett USA 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.

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 2009 → Oct 2014
  2. 2Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Nov 2014 → Jul 2017
  3. 3TEP Barnett USA, LLCAug 2017 → Aug 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
643837-97DrillChesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 17, 2008Mar 28, 2008Mar 18, 20089,000
643837-98DrillChesapeake Operating, Inc.Oct 25, 2007Aug 10, 2007—9,000
643837-99DrillChesapeake Operating, Inc.Aug 3, 2007Aug 10, 2007—9,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 14, 2009Ford G-13-251391Newark East (Barnett Shale)TEP Barnett USA LLCProducing7,317

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 671 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
AtokaBASAL ATOKA7,056-6,385
BarnettUPPER BARNETT7,155-6,484
BarnettLOWER BARNETT7,193-6,522

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,8198,641Perforated
8,8909,712Perforated
10,12510,783Perforated
11,03211,855Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,48912.25520 S
5.511,9118.51,685 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
00Nov 18, 2009Apr 9, 2009Yes
00Oct 5, 2009——

Well logs

3 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received May 11, 2011. Density, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.

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Logas describedFiles Intervalft, as filedDatereceivedSizeMB
NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYTIFF1,498 to 7,008May 11, 2011run Apr 1, 20083.47
RESISTIVITYTIFF1,498 to 7,020May 11, 2011run Apr 1, 20081.93
RESISTIVITYTIFF1,498 to 7,041May 11, 2011run Apr 1, 20082.59

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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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