WELL · 42-389-31178 · DISTRICT 8
Priest E #1
Reeves County · Barstow South (Delaware) field · Vertical
Priest E #1 (API 42-389-31178) is a well in Reeves County operated by Cities Service Company, completed May 21, 1981.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 17, 1981, permitted to 7,000 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Delaware, Bell Canyon, Cherry Canyon.
Its lease has reported 903K barrels of oil and 2.4M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 15 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 3, 1991 · 597 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cities Service Company |
| Production reports | Jetta Operating Company, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Cities Service CompanyApr 17, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 17, 1981
- last permit issued
- May 21, 1981
- completed
- 903K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.4M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 21, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 15 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priest -E- O-10-27230 | Collie (Delaware) | Jetta Operating Company, Inc. | 15 | 903K | 2.4M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 25,324 · prior 12 25,272(+0%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 69,280 · prior 12 69,968(-1%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1OXY USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Aug 2021
- 2Saga Pet. Ltd Liability Co of CoAug 1998 → Apr 2004
- 3Latigo Petroleum Texas, LPMay 2004 → Feb 2008
- 4Jetta Operating Company, Inc.Sep 2021 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115549-99 | Drill | Cities Service Company | Apr 17, 1981 | Apr 17, 1981 | — | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-27230 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,596 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 4,806 | -2,210 |
| Bell Canyon | 4,835 | -2,239 |
| Cherry Canyon | 5,804 | -3,208 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,852 | 4,907 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,700 | 12.25 | 775 S |
| — | 3,032 | — | — |
| 2 | 4,865 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 6,212 | 7.875 | 1,430 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Aug 30, 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 20, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-389-31178 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-389-31178 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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