TEXAS · WELLS · ANDREWS COUNTY · API 42-003-32251 · DISTRICT 7B
Cowden Frank R/a -D- #13
Andrews County · Cowden North field · Vertical
Cowden Frank R/A -D- #13 (API 42-003-32251) is a plugged well in Andrews County, plugged August 24, 1987, last operated by Occidental Permian Ltd..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 1985, permitted to 4,600 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Occidental Permian Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)RRC P-5 file of Oct 22, 2026
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Permits on file
- 6,251
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Occidental Permian Ltd. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyJul 2, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,600
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 2, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 21, 1980
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 21, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 24, 1987
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.
Wells named Cowden Frank R/a -D-
Occidental Permian Ltd.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Andrews 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
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Occidental Permian Ltd. | May 1, 2000 | today |
| Altura Energy Ltd. | Mar 1, 1997 | May 1, 2000 |
| Amoco Production Company | Jun 1, 1980 | Mar 1, 1997 |
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279363-99 | Recompletion | Amoco Production Company | Jul 1, 1985 | Jul 2, 1985 | — | 4,235 |
| 74552-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Mar 7, 1980 | Mar 7, 1980 | Apr 6, 1980 | 4,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1980 | Cowden Frank R/a -D- O-10-25977 | Cowden North | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,244 | 4,282 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 284 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 2.875 | 4,292 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 5,510 | 7.875 | 1,500 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 22, 1980 | — |
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 42-003-32251 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-003-32251 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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