TEXAS · WELLS · WICHITA COUNTY · API 42-485-38870 · DISTRICT 7C
Kempner B #4
Wichita County · Archer County Regular field · Vertical
Kempner B #4 (API 42-485-38870) is a plugged well in Wichita County, plugged October 6, 1987, last operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 26, 1983, permitted to 4,700 ft.
It was permitted by Johnson, F. T., JR. and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Gunsight, Bunger Lime, KMA.
Operator of record
Permitted by Johnson, F. T., Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Wichita Falls, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 4, 2025
- Permits on file
- 384
- Phone
- (940) 397-8600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Johnson, F. T., Jr.Apr 26, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 26, 1983
- last permit issued
- May 27, 1983
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 27, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 6, 1987
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.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194202-99 | Drill | Johnson, F. T., Jr. | Apr 26, 1983 | Apr 26, 1983 | Apr 26, 1983 | 4,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1983 | Kempner B O-13-22735 | Archer County Regular | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,056 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,872 | 3,880 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 60 | 12.25 | 60 S |
| 4.5 | 4,031 | 7.875 | 150 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 24, 1986 | May 28, 1986 | — |
| 00 | Jun 19, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-485-38870 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-485-38870 → 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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