WELL · 42-135-34413 · DISTRICT 8

Cowden, Elliott F., -A- #157

Cowden, Elliott F., -A- #157 (API 42-135-34413) is a permitted well in Ector County filed by Occidental Permian Ltd.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1984 and 2018, permitted to 9,500 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Canyon.

Its lease has reported 1.51M barrels of oil and 631K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 53 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Occidental Permian Ltd.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 6,251 permits on file · (713) 215-7000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Occidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permit	Occidental Permian Ltd.Mar 29, 2018

9,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 29, 2018: last permit issued
—: completed
1.51M: cumulative oil, bbl
631K: 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

31.844212, -102.451445

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Ector County.

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 53 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Cowden, Elliott F. -A- O-10-21384	Cowden, South (Canyon 8790)	Occidental Permian Ltd.	53	1.51M	631K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,340 · prior 12 6,721(-65%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 1,049 · prior 12 2,062(-49%)

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 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
838079-99	Recompletion	Occidental Permian Ltd.	Mar 27, 2018	Mar 29, 2018	—	4,400
228232-99	Drill	Amoco Production Company	Dec 5, 1983	Jan 6, 1984	Apr 8, 1984	9,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-21384	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,936 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Canyon	8,456	-5,520

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,456	9,189	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	315	17.5	400 sx
8.625	5,400	12.25	3,000 sx
5.5	9,222	7.875	680 sx

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 8, 1984	Jul 6, 1984	—
00	Aug 2, 1984	Jul 6, 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 42-135-34413 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-135-34413 → 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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Cowden, Elliott F., -B-42-135-34457

1.0 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Grayburg	3,964	-1,020
San Andres	4,337	-1,393
Canyon	8,471	-5,527
Holt	—

Cowden, Elliott F., -B-42-135-31667

2.0 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Grayburg	3,964	-1,004
San Andres	4,337	-1,377
Holt	5,325	-2,365
Pennsylvanian	8,022	-5,062
Canyon	8,612	-5,652
Devonian	—

Henderson42-135-43485

2.9 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Santa Rosa	334	2,593
Yates	2,830	97
Seven Rivers	3,000	-73
Queen	3,370	-443
Grayburg	3,640	-713
San Andres	4,100	-1,173
San Andres	4,100	-1,173
Holt	5,100	-2,173

16 TOPS · FIRST 8

Witcher, J. E.42-135-35568

2.9 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Rustler	1,660	1,263
Yates	2,820	103
Queen	3,600	-677
Grayburg	3,850	-927
San Andres	4,120	-1,197
Glorieta	5,835	-2,912

Witcher, J. E. 1942-135-43989

3.4 KM · OXY USA WTP LP · Section with this well →

Santa Rosa	1,088	1,837
Yates	2,887	38
Seven Rivers	3,110	-185
Queen	3,675	-750
Grayburg	4,173	-1,248
San Andres	4,595	-1,670
Holt	5,583	-2,658
Glorieta	5,785	-2,860

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Foster, H.42-135-43981

3.4 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Santa Rosa	1,099	1,826
Yates	2,899	26
Seven Rivers	3,123	-198
Queen	3,679	-754
Grayburg	4,176	-1,251
San Andres	4,644	-1,719
Holt	5,560	-2,635
Glorieta	5,715	-2,790

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Foster, H. C.42-135-38408

3.8 KM · Laguna Petroleum Corporation · Section with this well →

Queen	3,496	-561
Grayburg	3,693	-758

Cowden 942-135-43511

4.2 KM · Raptor Petroleum Develop, LLC · Section with this well →

Santa Rosa	1,382	1,592
Yates	2,842	132
Seven Rivers	3,065	-91
Queen	3,750	-776
Grayburg	4,028	-1,054

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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