TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · API 42-165-02898 · DISTRICT 7B
Jones M. S. Acct. 1 #5
Gaines County · Block a-7 (Devonian) field · Vertical
Jones M. S. Acct. 1 #5 (API 42-165-02898) is a permitted well in Gaines County filed by Prime Operating Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 23, 2002, permitted to 11,200 ft.
It was permitted by Prime Operating Company and has since transferred to Spindletop Drilling CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Prime Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 18, 2025
- Permits on file
- 5
- Phone
- (972) 644-2581
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Spindletop Drilling Co. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Prime Operating CompanyJul 23, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 23, 2002
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 521402-99 | Reenter | Prime Operating Company | Jun 27, 2002 | Jul 23, 2002 | — | 11,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Jones M. S. Acct. 1 O-11-14538 | Block a-7 (Devonian) | Spindletop Drilling Co. | Not on Schedule | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| — | 1,185 | Perforated |
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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-165-02898 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-02898 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their 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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