TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · WARD 17E LEASE · API 42-227-38601 · DISTRICT 7B
Ward 17E #1704G
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Horizontal
Ward 17e #1704G (API 42-227-38601) is a horizontal well in Howard County operated by Ovintiv USA Inc., completed December 15, 2015 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended 3 times), issued August 13, 2015, permitted to 7,706 ft.
It was permitted by Encana Oil & Gas(USA) Inc. and has since transferred to Ovintiv USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry.
Its lease has reported 283K barrels of oil and 522K mcf of gas since December 2015, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Denver, CO
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 12, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,391
- Phone
- (720) 876-5176
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ovintiv USA Inc. |
| Production reports | Ovintiv USA Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc.Aug 13, 2015 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,706
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Aug 13, 2015
- last permit issued
- Dec 15, 2015
- completed
- 283K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 522K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2015 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 15, 2015
- 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 17E O-10-47740 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Ovintiv USA Inc. | 1 | 283K | 522K | Dec 2015 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 6,739 · prior 12 17,358(-61%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 42,517 · prior 12 70,408(-40%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc.Dec 2015 → Jan 2020
- 2Ovintiv USA Inc.Feb 2020 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 809229-96 | Drill | Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc. | Jun 24, 2016 | Aug 13, 2015 | Aug 29, 2015 | 7,627 |
| 809229-97 | Drill | Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc. | Nov 5, 2015 | Aug 13, 2015 | — | 7,627 |
| 809229-98 | Drill | Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc. | Aug 20, 2015 | Aug 13, 2015 | — | 7,627 |
| 809229-99 | Drill | Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc. | Aug 6, 2015 | Aug 13, 2015 | Aug 29, 2015 | 7,627 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2015 | Ward 17E O-10-47740 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Ovintiv USA Inc. | Producing | 7,706 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,573 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,750 | 823 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO | 3,395 | -822 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK - SEVERE WATER FLOWS | 4,483 | -1,910 |
| Spraberry | 6,199 | -3,626 |
| Leonard | 7,347 | -4,774 |
| Dean | 7,411 | -4,838 |
| Wolfcamp | 7,547 | -4,974 |
| Coleman Junction | — | — |
| Glorieta | — | — |
| Seven Rivers | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,930 | 15,132 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 373 | 17.5 | 437 S |
| 9.625 | 6,998 | 12.25 | 578 S |
| 5.5 | 15,229 | 8.5 | 1,735 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 | Jul 11, 2016 | Apr 29, 2016 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, 1 of it with a digital LAS file, the latest received Oct 30, 2018. Gamma ray. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma RaySpans Spraberry, Leonard, Dean, Wolfcamp | LAS + TIFF | 6,998 to 15,229 | Oct 30, 2018 | 23.1 + 22.2 |
"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 42-227-38601 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-38601 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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