WELL · 42-423-31846 · DISTRICT 6

Johnston #1

Johnston #1 (API 42-423-31846) is a permitted well in Smith County filed by J-W Operating CO.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2004 and 2012, permitted to 12,000 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.

Operator of record

J-W Operating Co.

Addison, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 350 permits on file · (903) 312-9595

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	J-W Operating Co.through Jul 2012
Latest permit	J-W Operating Co.Feb 28, 2012

12,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Feb 28, 2012: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
25.1K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2005 THROUGH Jul 2013

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Johnston G-6-208088	Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley)	J-W Operating Co.	1	0	25.1K	Jan 2005 – Jul 2013

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.

1J-W Operating Co.Jan 2005 → Jul 2012

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
734020-99	Recompletion	J-W Operating Co.	Feb 16, 2012	Feb 28, 2012	—	11,900
551643-99	Drill	J-W Operating Co.	Sep 28, 2004	Sep 28, 2004	Oct 15, 2004	12,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-208088	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 453 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE	6,885	-6,432
Rodessa	7,080	-6,627
Pettit	7,675	-7,222
Travis Peak	7,805	-7,352
Cotton Valley	9,640	-9,187
Taylor	10,770	-10,317

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,610	11,620	Perforated
11,722	11,732	Perforated
11,804	11,808	Perforated
11,850	11,860	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	2,218	11	713 S
5.5	11,897	7.875	485 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	Jul 12, 2005	Mar 4, 2005	Yes
00	May 9, 2005	—	—

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 42-423-31846 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-423-31846 → scanned completion filings

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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