TEXAS · WELLS · TARRANT COUNTY · HOWETH UNIT LEASE · API 42-439-35290 · DISTRICT 7C
Howeth Unit #3H
Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Horizontal
Howeth Unit #3H (API 42-439-35290) is a horizontal well in Tarrant County operated by Bkv North Texas LLC, completed October 20, 2010 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 26, 2010, permitted to 6,695 ft.
It was permitted by Xto Energy Inc. and has since transferred to Bkv North Texas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Nemesis, Marble Falls, Barnett.
Its lease has reported 1.89M mcf of gas since August 2010, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by XTO Energy Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 30, 2026
- Permits on file
- 24
- Phone
- (940) 394-2000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BKV North Texas LLC |
| Production reports | BKV North Texas, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | XTO Energy Inc.Jul 26, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,695
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 26, 2010
- last permit issued
- Oct 20, 2010
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.89M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2010 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 20, 2010
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howeth Unit G-13-258369 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | BKV North Texas, LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.89M | Aug 2010 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 29,016 · prior 12 31,610(-8%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1XTO Energy Inc.Oct 2010 → May 2022
- 2BKV North Texas, LLCJun 2022 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 699477-99 | Drill | XTO Energy Inc. | Jul 22, 2010 | Jul 26, 2010 | Aug 4, 2010 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2010 | Howeth Unit G-13-258369 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | BKV North Texas LLC | Producing | 6,695 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 811 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Nemesis | 5,916 | -5,105 |
| Marble Falls | 6,452 | -5,641 |
| BarnettUPPER BARNETT | 6,606 | -5,795 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,120 | 9,822 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 946 | 12.25 | 335 S |
| 5.5 | 9,865 | 8.75 | 990 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 28, 2011 | Nov 4, 2010 | — |
| 00 | Dec 28, 2010 | Oct 5, 2010 | 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 42-439-35290 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-439-35290 → 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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