TEXAS · WELLS · WISE COUNTY · THURMOND, JOE LEASE · API 42-497-33779 · DISTRICT 7C
Thurmond Joe #1
Wise County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas) · Newark, East (Barnett Shale) · Pruitt (Viola Lime) · Wise-Kent (Strawn Reef)
- 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.
Thurmond Joe #1 (API 42-497-33779) is a well in Wise County operated by Bkv Barnett LLC, completed February 8, 2023 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 22, 1992, permitted to 7,975 ft.
It was permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Bkv Barnett LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Caddo, Preg Shale, Grant, Atoka.
Its lease has reported 192 barrels of oil and 4.07M mcf of gas since March 1993, last reporting volume in 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 Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mitchell Energy CorporationDec 22, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,975
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 22, 1992
- last permit issued
- Feb 8, 2023
- completed
- 192
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.07M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · NOV 1993 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 8, 2023
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurmond, Joe G-13-145143 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett, LLC | 1 | 192 | 4.07M | Mar 1993 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 81,066 · prior 12 86,978(-7%)
Wells named Thurmond Joe
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 CorporationNov 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 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407257-99 | Drill | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Dec 15, 1992 | Dec 22, 1992 | Jan 19, 1993 | 8,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2023 | Thurmond Joe G-13-145143 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | BKV Barnett LLC | Producing | 7,975 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 892 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,342 | 7,419 | Perforated |
| 7,342 | 7,822 | Perforated |
| 7,585 | 7,822 | Perforated |
| 7,590 | 7,850 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 992 | 12.25 | 650 S |
| 4.5 | 7,975 | 7.875 | 750 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 | Sep 30, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | — |
| 00 | Aug 29, 2005 | Jun 22, 2005 | — |
| 00 | Jun 26, 2002 | May 16, 2002 | — |
| 00 | Feb 8, 1994 | Nov 19, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 14, 1993 | Apr 28, 1993 | — |
| 00 | May 25, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-497-33779 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-33779 → 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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