WELL · 42-089-30540 · DISTRICT 3
Cochran Joe #1
Colorado County · Garwood NW. (Wilcox A-3) field · Directional
Cochran Joe #1 (API 42-089-30540) is a well in Colorado County operated by Verus Energy Inc, completed May 7, 1976.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 23, 2002, permitted to 8,805 ft.
Its 2 leases have reported 14K barrels of oil and 253K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 2, 2006 · 1 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Verus Energy Inc |
| Production reports | Finley Resources, Inc.through Sep 2019 |
| Latest permit | Verus Energy, IncJan 23, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,805
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 23, 2002
- last permit issued
- May 7, 1976
- completed
- 14K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 253K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 7, 1976
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochran, Joe G-3-187127 | Garwood (Wilcox 8600) | Finley Resources, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 245K | Sep 2001 – Jul 2026 |
| Cochran, Joe O-3-11196 | Garwood, NW. (Wilcox A-3) | Verus Energy, Inc | 1 | 14K | 7.72K | Jan 1993 – Oct 2003 |
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.
- 1Carl Oil & Gas Co.Jan 1993 → Dec 1995
- 2McFarland Energy, Inc.Jan 1996 → Jul 1996
- 3Magnum Producing & Operating Co.Aug 1996 → Jun 1998
- 4Verus Energy, IncJan 2002 → Sep 2004
- 5Finley Resources, Inc.Oct 2004 → Sep 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516623-99 | Recompletion | Verus Energy, Inc | Jan 7, 2002 | Jan 23, 2002 | Sep 11, 2001 | 8,805 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-187127 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-11196 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,584 | 8,600 | Perforated |
| 8,652 | 8,666 | Perforated |
| 8,698 | 8,713 | Perforated |
| — | 8,713 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,644 | 14.75 | 960 S |
| 5.5 | 8,798 | 8.75 | 730 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 | Apr 9, 2002 | Feb 1, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 1, 2002 | — | — |
| 00 | Dec 5, 2001 | Jun 12, 2001 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-089-30540 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-089-30540 → 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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