WELL · 42-135-00289 · DISTRICT 8
Cowden K #1
Ector County · Vertical
Cowden K #1 (API 42-135-00289) is a permitted well in Ector County filed by Andector Exploration Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 17, 2005, permitted to 5,765 ft.
Its 2 leases have reported 15.5K barrels of oil and 87.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 28 permits on file · (432) 889-7996
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Andector Exploration Companythrough May 2025 |
| Latest permit | Andector Exploration CompanyMay 17, 2005 |
- 5,765
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 17, 2005
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 15.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 87.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- 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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden K O-10-38604 | Goldsmith (Clear Fork) | Andector Exploration Company | 2 | 5.5K | 38K | Nov 2006 – Jul 2026 |
| Cowden K O-10-8834 | Goldsmith (5600) | Andector Exploration Company | 2 | 10K | 49.3K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2011 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 157(-99%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Andector Exploration CompanyOct 1993 → May 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600142-99 | Recompletion | Andector Exploration Company | May 3, 2005 | May 17, 2005 | — | 5,765 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-8834 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-38604 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,647 | 5,699 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,463 | — | — |
| 2.5 | 5,604 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 5,764 | — | — |
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 10, 2008 | Jun 9, 1961 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 9, 1961 | — |
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 42-135-00289 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-00289 → 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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