WELL · 42-329-41643 · DISTRICT 8

JW (SA) J #779WB

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Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing  · Horizontal

JW (SA) J #779WB (API 42-329-41643) is a horizontal well in Midland County operated by Discovery Operating Inc., completed February 26, 2018 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 13, 2017, permitted to 9,601 ft.

Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Santa Rosa, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.

Its lease has reported 550K barrels of oil and 1.35M mcf of gas since February 2018, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Discovery Operating Inc.

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 scheduleDiscovery Operating Inc.
Production reportsDiscovery Operating, Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permitDiscovery Operating, Inc.Apr 13, 2017
9,601
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Apr 13, 2017
last permit issued
Feb 26, 2018
completed
550K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.35M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2018 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 26, 2018
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
JW (SA) J O-10-49834Spraberry (Trend Area)Discovery Operating, Inc.4550K1.35MFeb 2018 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 15,334 · prior 12 18,585(-17%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 109,470 · prior 12 74,662(+47%)

010K20K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Discovery Operating, Inc.Feb 2018 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
825261-99DrillDiscovery Operating, Inc.Apr 6, 2017Apr 13, 2017Apr 26, 201710,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 26, 2018JW (SA) J O-10-49834Spraberry (Trend Area)Discovery Operating Inc.Producing9,601

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,767 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Santa Rosa1,1811,586
Yates2,833-66
Seven Rivers3,134-367
Queen4,072-1,305
Grayburg4,233-1,466
San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO4,476-1,709
Glorieta5,059-2,292
Clear ForkCLEARFORK6,972-4,205
Spraberry7,012-4,245
SpraberrySPRABERRY UPPER-DEAN9,134-6,367

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,91619,724Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37546317.5470 S
9.6259,00212.25695 S
5.519,7508.52,340 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
00Mar 4, 2019Aug 7, 2018Yes
00May 3, 2018Apr 13, 2018Yes

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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