TEXAS · WELLS · TARRANT COUNTY · GINGER LEASE · API 42-439-36609 · DISTRICT 7C
Ginger #3H
Tarrant County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Horizontal
Ginger #3H (API 42-439-36609) is a horizontal well in Tarrant County operated by Tep Barnett USA LLC, completed March 21, 2013 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2015.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued April 5, 2012, permitted to 7,863 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 137K mcf of gas since June 2012, with no volume in the three years through April 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 Jan 2018 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 5, 2012 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,863
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Apr 5, 2012
- last permit issued
- Mar 21, 2013
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 137K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2013 THROUGH Jan 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 21, 2013
- Shut in
- May 1, 2015
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginger G-13-266515 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA, LLC | 1 | 0 | 137K | Jun 2012 – Jan 2018 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 2013 → Oct 2014
- 2Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Nov 2014 → Apr 2015
- 3TEP Barnett USA, LLCJan 2018 → Jan 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 736659-97 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | May 11, 2012 | Apr 5, 2012 | May 23, 2012 | 9,000 |
| 736659-98 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Apr 28, 2012 | Apr 5, 2012 | May 23, 2012 | 9,000 |
| 736659-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Mar 22, 2012 | Apr 5, 2012 | — | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2013 | Ginger G-13-266515 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | TEP Barnett USA LLC | Producing · shut in May 1, 2015 | 7,863 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 555 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,780 | 9,426 | Perforated |
| 9,533 | 10,179 | Perforated |
| 10,286 | 10,933 | Perforated |
| 11,040 | 11,686 | Perforated |
| 11,793 | 12,439 | Perforated |
| 12,546 | 13,192 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,776 | 12.25 | 490 S |
| 5.5 | 13,300 | 8.75 | 340 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 | Oct 8, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 | — |
| 00 | Mar 12, 2013 | Jul 17, 2012 | 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 42-439-36609 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-439-36609 → 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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