TEXAS · WELLS · TARRANT COUNTY · LOUIS LEASE · API 42-439-34972 · DISTRICT 7C
Louis #1H
Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Horizontal
Louis #1H (API 42-439-34972) is a horizontal well in Tarrant County operated by Tep Barnett USA LLC, completed July 17, 2012 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2014.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended 3 times), issued March 29, 2010, permitted to 7,455 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 818K mcf of gas since May 2011, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
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 schedule | TEP Barnett USA LLC |
| Production reports | TEP Barnett USA, LLCthrough Feb 2020 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 29, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,455
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Mar 29, 2010
- last permit issued
- Jul 17, 2012
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 818K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 2012 THROUGH FEB 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 17, 2012
- Shut in
- Nov 1, 2014
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis G-13-261802 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | 1 | 0 | 818K | May 2011 – Feb 2020 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Louis
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jul 2012 → Oct 2014
- 2TEP Barnett USA, LLCJan 2020 → Feb 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 693601-96 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Apr 21, 2011 | Mar 29, 2010 | Apr 25, 2011 | 9,000 |
| 693601-97 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Apr 13, 2011 | Mar 29, 2010 | Apr 25, 2011 | 9,000 |
| 693601-98 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Oct 1, 2010 | Mar 29, 2010 | — | 9,000 |
| 693601-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Mar 29, 2010 | Mar 29, 2010 | — | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2012 | Louis G-13-261802 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA LLC | Producing · shut in Nov 1, 2014 | 7,455 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 660 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,604 | 8,240 | Perforated |
| 8,343 | 8,980 | Perforated |
| 9,083 | 9,719 | Perforated |
| 9,822 | 10,458 | Perforated |
| 10,561 | 11,197 | Perforated |
| 11,300 | 11,936 | Perforated |
| 12,040 | 12,675 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,506 | 12.25 | 430 S |
| 5.5 | 13,065 | 7.875 | 1,435 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 | Apr 15, 2013 | Sep 13, 2012 | — |
| 00 | Jan 11, 2012 | Jul 18, 2011 | Yes |
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 42-439-34972 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-439-34972 → 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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