WELL · 42-329-31673 · DISTRICT 8

Donovan -B- #4

Plugged

Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Donovan -B- #4 (API 42-329-31673) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged March 15, 2012, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 8, 1986, permitted to 9,200 ft.

It was permitted by Cox, John L. and has since transferred to Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Redbeds, Spraberry, Dean.

Its lease has reported 66.1K barrels of oil and 173K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 2023. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.

Permitted by Cox, John L.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Spring, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 8, 2026
Permits on file
15,628
Phone
(972) 444-4001

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.
Production reportsDE3 Operating LLCthrough Apr 2020
Latest permitCox, John L.Jan 8, 1986

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

9,200
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jan 8, 1986
last permit issued
Jun 18, 1986
completed
66.1K
cumulative oil, bbl
173K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 18, 1986
Shut in
—
Plugged
Mar 15, 2012

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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Donovan -B- O-10-22522Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.466.1K173KJan 1993 – May 2023

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Cox, John L.Jan 1993 → Sep 2003
  2. 2JM Cox Resources, L.P.Oct 2003 → Jul 2018
  3. 3DE3 Operating LLCSep 2018 → Apr 2020

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
295138-99DrillCox, John L.Jan 7, 1986Jan 8, 1986—9,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jun 18, 1986Donovan -B- O-10-22522Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,687 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Redbeds2502,437
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY7,390-4,703
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY8,057-5,370
Dean8,554-5,867

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,4187,444Perforated
8,0868,334Perforated
8,5699,061Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37528917.5350 S
8.6255,197111,000 S
4.59,1007.8751,400 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jul 8, 1986Jun 24, 1986Yes
00Jun 28, 1986——

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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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