TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · JW 8 LEASE · API 42-329-35256 · DISTRICT 7B
JW 8 #1
Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Bradford Ranch (Atoka) · Bradford Ranch (Strawn) · Spraberry (Trend Area)
- 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.
JW 8 #1 (API 42-329-35256) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged December 16, 2017, last operated by Discovery Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 18, 2005, permitted to 11,800 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Strawn, Atoka.
Its lease has reported 569K barrels of oil and 652K mcf of gas since June 2005, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 31, 2026
- Permits on file
- 712
- Phone
- (432) 683-5203
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Discovery Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Discovery Operating, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Discovery Operating, Inc.Feb 18, 2005 |
- 11,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 18, 2005
- last permit issued
- May 27, 2005
- completed
- 569K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 652K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUN 2005 THROUGH APR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 27, 2005
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 16, 2017
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JW 8 O-10-37623 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Discovery Operating, Inc. | 8 | 569K | 652K | Jun 2005 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 27,895 · prior 12 21,480(+30%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 26,139 · prior 12 19,343(+35%)
Wells named JW 8
Discovery Operating Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Midland County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Discovery Operating, Inc.Jun 2005 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 557934-99 | Drill | Discovery Operating, Inc. | Feb 18, 2005 | Feb 18, 2005 | Feb 23, 2005 | 11,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2005 | JW 8 O-10-37623 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Discovery Operating Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,946 | 8,660 | Perforated |
| 9,433 | 9,995 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 367 | 17.5 | 365 S |
| 8.625 | 4,950 | 11 | 885 S |
| 4.5 | 11,485 | — | 950 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 | Apr 26, 2006 | Jul 11, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 27, 2006 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Aug 11, 2008. 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 POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 6,000 to 10,455 | Aug 11, 2008run Mar 24, 2005 | 1.98 |
"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 42-329-35256 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-35256 → 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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