WELL · 42-135-34571 · DISTRICT 8

Shell-Cowden #7

Plugged

Ector County · Harper field · Vertical

Shell-Cowden #7 (API 42-135-34571) is a plugged well in Ector County, plugged February 1, 1992, last operated by Bennett R. C. Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1984, permitted to 4,500 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Queen, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 4.54K barrels of oil and 3.56K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 1994. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Bennett R. C. Company

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 2, 2020 · 24 permits on file · (432) 683-3062

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Bennett R. C. Company
Production reports	Bennett, R. C., Companythrough May 1994
Latest permit	Bennett, R. C., CompanyMay 18, 1984

4,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
May 18, 1984: last permit issued
Jun 28, 1984: completed
4.54K: cumulative oil, bbl
3.56K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 1994

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jun 28, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Feb 1, 1992

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

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Shell-Cowden O-10-27536	Harper	Bennett, R. C., Company	7	4.54K	3.56K	Jan 1993 – Aug 1994

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.

1Bennett, R. C., CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 1994

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
239284-99	Drill	Bennett, R. C., Company	May 16, 1984	May 18, 1984	—	4,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-27536	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,993 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Rustler	1,585	1,408
Yates	2,738	255
Queen	3,342	-349
San Andres	4,148	-1,155

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,167	4,186	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	303	12.25	200 sx
5.5	4,400	7.875	1,100 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 14, 1984	Jul 17, 1984	—
00	Aug 7, 1984	Jul 17, 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 42-135-34571 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-135-34571 → 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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