WELL · 42-135-03097 · DISTRICT 8
Cowden, Frank R/a -B- #9
Ector County · Vertical
Cowden, Frank R/A -B- #9 (API 42-135-03097) is a permitted well in Ector County filed by Altura Energy Ltd.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 23, 1999, permitted to 5,400 ft.
Its lease has reported 38.8K barrels of oil and 9.55K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2020. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 7, 2000
- Permits on file
- 569
- Phone
- (281) 552-1158
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Occidental Permian Ltd.through Aug 2017 |
| Latest permit | Altura Energy Ltd.Nov 23, 1999 |
- 5,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 23, 1999
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 38.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 9.55K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2020
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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden, Frank R/a -B- O-10-832 | Cowden, North (Deep) | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 3 | 38.8K | 9.55K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2020 |
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.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1997
- 2Altura Energy Ltd.Mar 1997 → Apr 2000
- 3Occidental Permian Ltd.May 2000 → Aug 2017
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489598-99 | Recompletion | Altura Energy Ltd. | Nov 17, 1999 | Nov 23, 1999 | — | 5,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-832 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,136 | 5,243 | Perforated |
| — | 5,170 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 200 | — | — |
| 7 | 5,360 | — | — |
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 | Aug 28, 1991 | Jul 3, 1991 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 27, 1960 | — |
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 42-135-03097 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-03097 → 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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