OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 220865 · MIDLAND COUNTY
Discovery Operating, Inc. in Midland County
One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.
Discovery Operating, INC. has 329 drilling permits on file in Midland County, the first issued in 1981 and the latest on July 20, 2026.
11 of them came in the last twelve months, 83% more than the year before; 100% horizontal, averaging 10,736 ft.
It is operator of record on 239 wells in the county: 111 producing, 66 shut in, 5 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Spraberry, Wolfcamp, San Andres.
- 11
- permits, 12 months +83%
- 329
- permits, all time since 1981
- 100%
- horizontal, 12 months
- 10,736
- ft average depth, 12 months
- 239
- wells of record
- 111
- producing · 66 shut in · 5 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · MIDLAND ONLY
Last 12 months 11 · prior 12 6(+83%)
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | JW L #2MS 917234 | DrillHZ | 10,700 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | JW H #448LS 916144 | DrillHZ | 10,700 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | JW H #425MS 916143 | DrillHZ | 10,750 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | JW H #484WD 915963 | DrillHZ | 10,900 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | JW H #475WB 915906 | DrillHZ | 10,850 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | JW H #464WA 915957 | DrillHZ | 10,800 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | JW X #1WA 916070 | DrillHZ | 10,800 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | JW X #1LS 916071 | DrillHZ | 10,600 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | JW L #2MS 915871 | DrillHZ | 10,700 |
| May 29, 2026 | JW X #1WD 915869 | DrillHZ | 10,600 |
All 329 permits in Midland County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Drill
- 11 / 315
- Recompletion
- 0 / 11
- Reenter
- 0 / 3
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
- Spraberry
- 220
- Wolfcamp
- 115
- San Andres
- 112
- Santa Rosa
- 112
- Yates
- 112
- Clear Fork
- 111
- Grayburg
- 111
- Queen
- 111
- Seven Rivers
- 110
- Glorieta
- 108
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| JW B | 4 | 1.71M | Apr 2026 |
| Holzgraf Geronimo A | 4 | 1.55M | Apr 2026 |
| JW E | 4 | 1.22M | Apr 2026 |
| Great Divide A | 3 | 954K | Apr 2026 |
| Holzgraf Geronimo B | 5 | 854K | Apr 2026 |
| JW (SA) B | 3 | 837K | Apr 2026 |
| JW A | 2 | 832K | Apr 2026 |
| JW 9 | 14 | 825K | Apr 2026 |
| Southern Hospitality Y | 3 | 815K | Apr 2026 |
| JW V | 2 | 814K | Apr 2026 |
| JW 7 | 13 | 810K | Apr 2026 |
| JW C | 2 | 806K | Apr 2026 |
| Holzgraf Geronimo (SA) A | 4 | 802K | Apr 2026 |
| Great Divide B | 3 | 772K | Apr 2026 |
| JW D | 3 | 734K | Apr 2026 |
All leases it reports → · Other operators in Midland County →
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.
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