OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 427960

J-W Operating Co.

P-5 status: Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed: Jul 30, 2019
Based in: Addison, TX

J-W Operating CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 27, 2015.

The RRC wellbore file lists 200 wells under its operatorship.

350 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 30, 2019.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 200 of record
139: leases it reports
—: horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

66%: spud rate · 231 of 350 mature permits
27: median days permit to spud · middle half 11–61
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: canceled · 1 permits
118: expired undrilled
9: permits a year over 38 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

Counties

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County	12 mo	All time	Wells	Last
Denton county →	—	96	66	Mar 27, 2015
Smith county →	—	70	15	Feb 28, 2012
Johnson county →	—	46	6	Feb 20, 2008
De Witt county →	—	26	14	Mar 11, 2002
Wharton county →	—	14	1	Apr 1, 2005
Wise county →	—	14	13	Apr 8, 2011
Hill county →	—	13	4	Oct 20, 2006
Houston county →	—	11	0	May 10, 1985
Maverick county →	—	10	1	Jul 21, 2000
Cherokee county →	—	9	1	May 9, 2008
Gregg county →	—	9	0	Apr 25, 2011
Anderson county →	—	8	1	Nov 16, 2006
Clay county →	—	4	2	Oct 14, 2008
Robertson county →	—	4	4	Dec 29, 1998
Victoria county →	—	3	2	Jun 14, 1988
Bee county →	—	2	1	Mar 3, 1986
Harris county →	—	2	0	Jul 10, 1986
Liberty county →	—	2	0	Jan 30, 2002
Trinity county →	—	2	1	Aug 29, 1978
Zavala county →	—	2	26	May 12, 1982
Concho county →	—	1	22	Sep 22, 1995
Frio county →	—	1	0	Feb 5, 1986
Montague county →	—	1	1	Aug 30, 1984

All 350 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

Formation	Wells	Permitted last 3 yrs
Barnett	120	0
Caddo	116	0
Marble Falls	112	0
Atoka	107	0
Travis Peak	46	0
Massive Anhydrite (marker)	44	0
Pettit	44	0
Taylor	40	0
Forestburg	36	0
Rodessa	27	0
Cotton Valley	25	0
Paluxy	21	0
Bossier	12	0
Woodbine	11	0
Austin Chalk	9	0

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
936K: bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

200: in the wellbore file
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
165: plugged

How it got them

33: permitted itself
105: acquired from others
200: permitted, now run by others

Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0: active UIC permits of 30
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Atascosa	0 active	0 bbl/d
Shackelford	0 active	0 bbl/d
Frio	0 active	0 bbl/d
De Witt	0 active	0 bbl/d
Runnels	0 active	0 bbl/d
Denton	0 active	0 bbl/d
Concho	0 active	0 bbl/d
Schleicher	0 active	0 bbl/d

All 30 permits, with volumes → · On the map →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	309
Recompletion	0	0	35
Other	0	0	4
Reenter	0	0	1
Field transfer	0	0	1

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

Field	Wells	Producing
Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200	58	0
Monteath (Atoka Upper)62580100	21	0
Paint Rock (Strawn Lime)68413625	16	0
Chapel Hill (Travis Peak)17008777	8	0
Motley Nw(canyon)63271250	7	0
Holly (Yegua 4500)42261625	6	0
Monteath (Caddo)62580200	6	0
Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley)17008050	4	0
Monteath (Congl.)62580300	3	0
Curtis (Olmos)22333500	3	0
Harold D. Orr (Navarro)39148710	2	0
La Pryor Castle (Anacacho Lime)50937500	2	0

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration: Status Delinquent (D); Last filed Jul 30, 2019; Gas operator

Address: 15505 Wright Brothers Drive; Addison, TX 75001; (972) 233-8191

Officers and agents: Westerman, Howard George Jr. · President; Davis, Richard S · Vice President; McIntyre, Marcia · Secretary; Westerman, Lene' · Secretary; Walker, Julie A · Filing Agent

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
805050	Mar 27, 2015	Mar 27, 2015	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	Gibbs Unit #2	7,500	12131440
769334	Sep 9, 2013	Sep 9, 2013	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	McRae #40HH	13,500	12134417
734020	Feb 28, 2012	Feb 28, 2012	J-W Operating Co.	Smith	Johnston #1	11,900	42331846
731897	Feb 3, 2012	Feb 3, 2012	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	Gibbs Unit #1	8,750	12130499
727175	Nov 2, 2011	Nov 2, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	Howard Gibbs #1	8,529	12130853
711509	Apr 25, 2011	Apr 25, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Gregg	A.J. Tuttle Gas Unit #6HH	15,000	18332122
713578	Apr 8, 2011	Apr 8, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Wise	Strickland #34HH	15,000	49737252
712231	Mar 21, 2011	Mar 21, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Gregg	Williams GU #5HH	15,100	18332123
710429	Feb 21, 2011	Feb 21, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Gregg	Longview North Gas Unit #2HH	15,000	18332121
709630	Feb 8, 2011	Feb 8, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Wise	Strickland #26H	15,000	49737207
709490	Feb 2, 2011	Feb 2, 2011	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	McRae #40HH	15,000	12134123
702232	Sep 20, 2010	Sep 20, 2010	J-W Operating Co.	Gregg	Williams GU #4HH	16,500	18332118
690457	Feb 2, 2010	Feb 2, 2010	J-W Operating Co.	Gregg	Longview North Gas Unit #1HH	15,000	18332110
676942	Jan 7, 2009	Jan 7, 2009	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	Gibbs Unit #8HH	15,000	12133700
676942	Jan 7, 2009	Jan 7, 2009	J-W Operating Co.	Denton	Gibbs Unit #8HH	15,000	12133700

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

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