TEXAS · WELLS · ECTOR COUNTY · SOUTH COWDEN UNIT LEASE · API 42-135-33178 · DISTRICT 7B
South Cowden Unit #8-18
Ector County · Cowden South field · Shut In · Vertical
South Cowden Unit #8-18 (API 42-135-33178) is a well in Ector County operated by Conocophillips Company, completed October 3, 1996 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 14, 1979, permitted to 4,780 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Conocophillips Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Red Bed, Rustler, Yates, Grayburg.
Its lease has reported 3.52M barrels of oil and 11.8M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 118 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,290
- Phone
- (432) 683-7443
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conocophillips Company |
| Production reports | Conocophillips Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyJun 14, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,780
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 14, 1979
- last permit issued
- Oct 3, 1996
- completed
- 3.52M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 11.8M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 3, 1996
- 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 118 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Cowden Unit O-10-19297 | Cowden, South | Conocophillips Company | 118 | 3.52M | 11.8M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 875 · prior 12 3,862(-77%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 551 · prior 12 551(+0%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Aug 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50738-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Jun 14, 1979 | Jun 14, 1979 | Jul 18, 1979 | 4,780 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 1996 | South Cowden Unit O-10-19297 | Cowden South | Conocophillips Company | Shut In | 4,780 |
| Aug 11, 1979 | — O-10-19279 | Cowden (Cisco) | Phillips Petroleum Company | Not on Schedule | — |
| — | South Cowden Unit O-10-19297 | Cowden South | Conocophillips Company | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,939 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Red Bed | 155 | 2,784 |
| Rustler | 1,671 | 1,268 |
| Yates | 2,993 | -54 |
| Grayburg | 4,242 | -1,303 |
| San Andres | 4,610 | -1,671 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,628 | 4,724 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 350 | 12.5 | 350 S |
| 2.875 | 4,720 | — | — |
| 8.625 | 4,780 | 12.5 | 350 S |
| 5.5 | 4,780 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Oct 7, 1997 | Nov 13, 1996 | — |
| 00 | Sep 4, 1997 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 20, 1979 | — |
| 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 42-135-33178 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-33178 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 6.43M
- bbl, all reported
- Nov 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000084609 | H-1 Injection | Active | 2,000 | 1,800 | 4,242–4,780 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 16,893(-100%)
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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