WELL · 42-135-34493 · DISTRICT 8

Cowden #3A

Plugged

Ector County · Cowden South field · Vertical

Cowden #3A (API 42-135-34493) is a plugged well in Ector County, plugged August 21, 1997, last operated by Bluco Production CO. Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 6, 1984, permitted to 5,000 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Grayburg.

Its lease has reported 455K barrels of oil and 5.31K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Bluco Production Co. Inc.

Austin, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 43 permits on file · (512) 762-5300

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Bluco Production Co. Inc.
Production reports	Bluco Production Co., Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permit	Bluco Production Co., Inc.Apr 6, 1984

5,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 6, 1984: last permit issued
May 2, 1984: completed
455K: cumulative oil, bbl
5.31K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 2, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 21, 1997

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

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Cowden O-10-26845	Cowden, South	Bluco Production Co., Inc.	4	455K	5.31K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 5,993 · prior 12 5,845(+3%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Bluco Production Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
235958-99	Drill	Bluco Production Co., Inc.	Feb 28, 1984	Apr 6, 1984	—	5,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-26845	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,880 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Grayburg	4,560	-1,680

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,635	4,712	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	275	12.25	175 S
5.5	4,850	7.875	700 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. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jun 6, 1984	May 24, 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 42-135-34493 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-135-34493 → 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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