TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · COWEN A UNIT LEASE · API 42-051-31552 · DISTRICT 03
Cowen a Unit #1
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Cowen A Unit #1 (API 42-051-31552) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged October 13, 2004, last operated by Apache Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 14, 1981, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Dynamic Production, Inc. and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 16.9K barrels of oil and 220 mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Dynamic Production, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,758
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Aug 1997 |
| Latest permit | Dynamic Production, Inc.Apr 14, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 14, 1981
- last permit issued
- May 20, 1981
- completed
- 16.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 220
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 20, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 13, 2004
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowen a Unit O-3-14374 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Apache Corporation | 1 | 16.9K | 220 | Jan 1993 – Aug 1997 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Cowen a Unit
Apache Corporation's other wells filed under this lease name in Burleson 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
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Dynamic Production, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1997
- 2Apache CorporationApr 1997 → Aug 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117344-99 | Drill | Dynamic Production, Inc. | Apr 14, 1981 | Apr 14, 1981 | Apr 17, 1981 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1981 | Cowen a Unit O-3-14374 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Apache Corporation | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,720 | 7,877 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,843 | 12.25 | 1,400 S |
| 2.375 | 7,620 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,240 | 8.75 | 310 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 | Jun 26, 1981 | — |
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 42-051-31552 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-31552 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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