TEXAS · WELLS · DAWSON COUNTY · JAMES BROWN 18 LEASE · API 42-115-33372 · DISTRICT 7B
James Brown 18 #1
Dawson County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Vertical
James Brown 18 #1 (API 42-115-33372) is a well in Dawson County operated by Diamondback E&P LLC, completed April 27, 2011 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 18, 2011, permitted to 11,420 ft.
It was permitted by Element Petroleum Operating, LLC and has since transferred to Diamondback E&P LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn.
Its lease has reported 72.2K barrels of oil and 54K mcf of gas since April 2011, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Element Petroleum Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 5,251
- Phone
- (432) 221-7400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Diamondback E&P LLC |
| Production reports | Diamondback E&P LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Element Petroleum Operating, LLCFeb 18, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,420
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 18, 2011
- last permit issued
- Apr 27, 2011
- completed
- 72.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 54K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2011 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 27, 2011
- 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.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Brown 18 O-10-41145 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 2 | 72.2K | 54K | Apr 2011 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,558 · prior 12 2,062(-24%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,249 · prior 12 2,185(+3%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Element Petro Operating II, LLCApr 2011 → Sep 2013
- 2Diamondback E&P LLCOct 2013 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 710422-98 | Drill | Element Petroleum Operating, LLC | Feb 22, 2011 | Feb 18, 2011 | Feb 24, 2011 | 12,000 |
| 710422-99 | Drill | Element Petroleum Operating, LLC | Feb 16, 2011 | Feb 18, 2011 | — | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2011 | James Brown 18 O-10-41145 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | Producing | 11,420 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,910 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,273 | 9,370 | Perforated |
| 9,527 | 9,755 | Perforated |
| 9,813 | 9,976 | Perforated |
| 10,298 | 10,407 | Perforated |
| 10,461 | 10,633 | Perforated |
| 10,697 | 10,860 | Perforated |
| 10,965 | 11,132 | Perforated |
| 11,218 | 11,276 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 376 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 4,413 | 11 | 1,700 S |
| 5.5 | 11,408 | 7.875 | 1,225 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 | Feb 2, 2012 | Jun 3, 2011 | Yes |
Well logs
2 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 7, 2014. Density, Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn, Atoka | TIFF | 100 to 11,301 | Apr 7, 2014run Mar 12, 2011 | 3.33 |
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn, Atoka | TIFF | 100 to 11,301 | Mar 19, 2014run Mar 12, 2011 | 3.75 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-115-33372 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-115-33372 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its search.
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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