TEXAS · WELLS · ECTOR COUNTY · EAST COWDEN (GRAYBURG) UNIT LEASE · API 42-135-32969 · DISTRICT 7B
East Cowden (Grayburg) Unit #53
Ector County · Cowden North field · Producing · Vertical
East Cowden (Grayburg) Unit #53 (API 42-135-32969) is a well in Ector County operated by GL Energy Operating LLC, completed April 25, 1978 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 3, 1978, permitted to 4,600 ft.
It was permitted by Continental Oil Company and has since transferred to GL Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 10.4M barrels of oil and 3.6M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 92 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Continental Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 9, 2026
- Phone
- (817) 455-2149
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | GL Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Continental Oil CompanyApr 3, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 3, 1978
- last permit issued
- Apr 25, 1978
- completed
- 10.4M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.6M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 25, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 92 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cowden (Grayburg) Unit O-10-22927 | Cowden, North | Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC | 92 | 10.4M | 3.6M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 42,180 · prior 12 44,814(-6%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 14,805 · prior 12 19,309(-23%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2Encore Operating, L.P.Jan 2002 → Aug 2010
- 3Quantum Resources Management,llcSep 2010 → Dec 2014
- 4Breitburn Operating L.P.Jan 2015 → Jan 2020
- 5Vaquero Hunter Inc.Feb 2020 → Sep 2023
- 6Vaquero Permian, LLCOct 2023 → Mar 2024
- 7Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLCApr 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21194-99 | Drill | Continental Oil Company | Apr 3, 1978 | Apr 3, 1978 | Apr 16, 1978 | 4,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1978 | East Cowden (Grayburg) Unit O-10-22927 | Cowden North | GL Energy Operating LLC | Producing | 4,600 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,362 | 4,412 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 276 | 12.25 | 200 S |
| 5.5 | 4,600 | 7.875 | 425 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 | May 11, 1978 | — |
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 42-135-32969 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-32969 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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