TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · MIDLAND "J" FEE LEASE · API 42-329-31727 · DISTRICT 7B
Midland J Fee #3
Midland County · Desperado (Atoka) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Desperado (Atoka) · Spraberry(trend Area Dean-Wlfcp)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Midland J Fee #3 (API 42-329-31727) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged August 30, 2018, last operated by Chevron U. S. A. Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 22, 1986, permitted to 11,200 ft.
It was permitted by Texaco Inc. and has since transferred to Chevron U. S. A. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yates, Dean, Strawn, Atoka.
Its lease has reported 54.6K barrels of oil and 367K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texaco Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 30, 2026
- Permits on file
- 9,295
- Phone
- (866) 212-1212
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. |
| Production reports | Chevron U. S. A. Inc.through Sep 2010 |
| Latest permit | Texaco Inc.Jul 22, 1986 |
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 22, 1986
- last permit issued
- Jun 14, 2015
- completed
- 54.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 367K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2010
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 14, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 30, 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland "J" Fee O-10-30884 | Desperado (Atoka) | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | 1 | 54.6K | 367K | Jan 1993 – Sep 2010 |
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.
- 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → May 2002
- 2Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jun 2002 → Nov 2008
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304426-99 | Drill | Texaco Inc. | Jul 22, 1986 | Jul 22, 1986 | Jul 29, 1986 | 11,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2015 | Midland J Fee O-10-30884 | Desperado (Atoka) | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,665 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,115 | 11,129 | Perforated |
| 11,119 | 11,124 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 350 | 17.5 | 400 S |
| 9.625 | 4,216 | 12.25 | 1,600 S |
| 7 | 9,900 | 8.5 | 525 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 | Mar 10, 2016 | Jan 19, 2016 | — |
| 00 | Sep 20, 1996 | Mar 8, 1996 | — |
| 00 | Oct 10, 1986 | Oct 1, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 6, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-329-31727 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-31727 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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