OPERATORS · RRC 182950 · P-5 STATUS Y
Cowden, Wright E
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorCowden, Wright E has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 19, 1978.
10 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 6, 1996.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
From permit to spud
FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME
A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.
- 20%
- spud rate · 2 of 10 mature permits
- 8
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–8
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 8
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 2 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 10 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →
Formations in its completed wells
Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 0
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 4
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
Permit types
Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 10 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 6, 1996
- Address
- Box 482
- Midland, TX 79702
- Officers and agents
- Cowden, Wright E. · Sole Proprietor
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35157 | Oct 19, 1978 | Oct 19, 1978 | Cowden, Wright E. | Parker | LA Rue Unit #1 #1 | 4,950 | 36731406 |
| 34827 | Oct 17, 1978 | Oct 17, 1978 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Littlejohn, Willard #1 | 4,950 | 22130532 |
| 28797 | Jul 20, 1978 | Jul 20, 1978 | Cowden, Wright E. | Parker | Cooper, C. F. Unit #1 #1 | 4,990 | 36731283 |
| 25952 | Jun 5, 1978 | Jun 5, 1978 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Waldrup-Hewlett Unit #1 | 4,950 | 22130493 |
| 12167 | Nov 16, 1977 | Nov 16, 1977 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Branson-Waldrup Unit #1 | 4,950 | 22130429 |
| 4466 | Aug 2, 1977 | Aug 2, 1977 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Compton, Jewell #2 | 4,990 | 22130399 |
| 4405 | Aug 1, 1977 | Aug 1, 1977 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Noah, Joe Unit 3 #3 | 4,980 | 22130145 |
| 4404 | Aug 1, 1977 | Aug 1, 1977 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Noah, Joe Unit #4 #4 | 4,990 | 22130207 |
| 3877 | Jul 25, 1977 | Jul 25, 1977 | Cowden, Wright E. | Hood | Davis, R. H. #1 | 4,990 | 22130395 |
| 2206 | Jun 30, 1977 | Jun 30, 1977 | Cowden, Wright E. | Parker | Glass, Lillian #1 | 4,990 | 36730789 |
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/182950, documented in the API reference.