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Cowden #101

Plugged

Andrews County · Triple-N (Penn. Upper) field  · Vertical

Cowden #101 (API 42-003-38336) is a plugged well in Andrews County, plugged July 25, 2023, last operated by Occidental Permian Ltd..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 17, 1997, permitted to 13,200 ft.

It was permitted by Enron Oil & Gas Company and has since transferred to Occidental Permian Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yates, Pennsylvanian, Devonian, Ellenburger.

Its lease has reported 18.9K barrels of oil and 19.5K mcf of gas since March 1998, last reporting in August 2023.

Operator of record

Occidental Permian Ltd.

Permitted by Enron Oil & Gas Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
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 scheduleOccidental Permian Ltd.
Production reportsOccidental Permian Ltd.through Aug 2016
Latest permitEnron Oil & Gas CompanyDec 17, 1997

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

13,200
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 17, 1997
last permit issued
Mar 18, 1998
completed
18.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
19.5K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1998 THROUGH Aug 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 18, 1998
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jul 25, 2023

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Cowden O-10-35742Triple-N (Penn., Upper)Occidental Permian Ltd.118.9K19.5KMar 1998 – Aug 2023

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.

  1. 1Enron Oil & Gas CompanyMar 1998 → Sep 1999
  2. 2EOG Resources, Inc.Oct 1999 → Jun 2001
  3. 3Occidental Permian Ltd.Jul 2001 → Aug 2016

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
471347-98DrillEnron Oil & Gas CompanyApr 20, 1998Dec 17, 1997—13,200
471347-99DrillEnron Oil & Gas CompanyDec 17, 1997Dec 17, 1997Dec 20, 199713,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 18, 1998Cowden O-10-35742Triple-N (Penn. Upper)Occidental Permian Ltd.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,120 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yates2,737383
PennsylvanianUPPER PENN9,175-6,055
Devonian10,893-7,773
Ellenburger12,743-9,623

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,1759,193Perforated
9,2259,242Perforated
9,2659,270Perforated
9,3409,350Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
11.7546414.75375 S
8.6254,81211925 S
5.512,7367.8752,260 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
00Jun 17, 1998May 20, 1998Yes
00Jun 4, 1998——

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) 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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