TEXAS · WELLS · WISE COUNTY · FITCH, JAMES P. LEASE · API 42-497-32948 · DISTRICT 7C
Fitch James P. #2
Wise County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas) · Jettie Alice (Strawn) · Newark, East (Barnett Shale)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Fitch James P. #2 (API 42-497-32948) is a well in Wise County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed August 19, 2022 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2023.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 25, 1985, permitted to 7,530 ft.
It was permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Caddo, Pregnant Shale, Barnett.
Its lease has reported 1.21K barrels of oil and 1.49M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 11, 2026
- Permits on file
- 143
- Phone
- (940) 394-2000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BKV Barnett LLC |
| Production reports | BKV Barnett, LLCthrough Jun 2023 |
| Latest permit | Mitchell Energy CorporationJan 25, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,530
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 25, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 19, 2022
- completed
- 1.21K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.49M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH JUN 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 19, 2022
- Shut in
- Jul 1, 2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitch, James P. G-13-121671 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett, LLC | 1 | 1.21K | 1.49M | by Jan 1993 – Jun 2023 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Fitch James P.
BKV Barnett LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Wise 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.
- 1Mitchell Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Dec 2000
- 2Mitchell Energy Company L.P.Jan 2001 → Mar 2002
- 3Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Apr 2002 → Jul 2004
- 4Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Aug 2004 → Sep 2020
- 5BKV Barnett, LLCOct 2020 → Jun 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265086-99 | Drill | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Jan 21, 1985 | Jan 25, 1985 | Mar 27, 1986 | 8,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2022 | Fitch James P. G-13-121671 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jul 1, 2023 | 7,530 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 772 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,881 | 6,963 | Perforated |
| 7,103 | 7,331 | Perforated |
| 7,141 | 7,315 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 600 | 14.75 | 600 S |
| — | 6,317 | 8.75 | 137 S |
| 4.5 | 7,528 | 8.75 | 400 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 5, 2022 | Aug 23, 2022 | — |
| 00 | Nov 2, 2001 | Oct 4, 2001 | — |
| 00 | Jul 24, 1986 | Jul 7, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 23, 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 42-497-32948 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-32948 → 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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