WELL · 42-103-33147 · DISTRICT 8
Cowden #4
Crane County · Crane (Devonian) field · Vertical
Cowden #4 (API 42-103-33147) is a plugged well in Crane County, plugged December 3, 2013, last operated by Southwest Royalties Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 19, 1983, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Mewbourne Oil CO. and has since transferred to Southwest Royalties Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Grayburg, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 91.4K barrels of oil and 708K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mewbourne Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 497
- Phone
- (432) 685-9038
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Southwest Royalties Inc. |
| Production reports | Southwest Royalties, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mewbourne Oil Co.Apr 19, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 19, 1983
- last permit issued
- Oct 20, 2008
- completed
- 91.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 708K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 20, 2008
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 3, 2013
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; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden O-10-26746 | Crane (Devonian) | Southwest Royalties, Inc. | 5 | 91.4K | 708K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,860 · prior 12 1,815(+2%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,457 · prior 12 4,100(-40%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Southwest Royalties, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192050-99 | Drill | Mewbourne Oil Co. | Apr 19, 1983 | Apr 19, 1983 | May 6, 1983 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-26746 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,537 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 910 | 1,627 |
| Yates | 1,842 | 695 |
| Grayburg | 2,668 | -131 |
| San Andres | 2,764 | -227 |
| GlorietaGLORIETTA | 3,810 | -1,273 |
| WolfcampWOLFCAMP DETRITAL | 6,740 | -4,203 |
| PennsylvanianPENN LIME | 6,896 | -4,359 |
| BarnettBARNETT SHALE | 7,200 | -4,663 |
| Woodward Shale | 7,614 | -5,077 |
| Devonian | 7,735 | -5,198 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,738 | 7,806 | Perforated |
| 7,868 | 7,900 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 655 | 17 | 800 S |
| 13.375 | 655 | 17.5 | 6,201 S |
| 8.625 | 3,202 | 11 | 1,201 S |
| 2.875 | 7,926 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,020 | 7.875 | 14,501 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 | Jan 31, 2009 | Oct 28, 2008 | — |
| 00 | Jan 25, 1985 | Jan 14, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 29, 1983 | — |
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 42-103-33147 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-103-33147 → scanned completion filings
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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