WELL · 42-135-37158 · DISTRICT 8
North Cowden Unit #1489
Ector County · Cowden North field · Injection · Horizontal · Sidetrack
North Cowden Unit #1489 (API 42-135-37158) is a horizontal well in Ector County operated by Occidental Permian Ltd., completed April 1, 2023 and listed as injection on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1995 and 2001, permitted to 4,800 ft.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Rustler, Tansill, Yates, Grayburg.
Its lease has reported 99.7M barrels of oil and 44.2M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 1,651 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 167K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through November 2025.
Operator of record
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 | Occidental Permian Ltd. |
| Production reports | Occidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Occidental Permian Ltd.Feb 7, 2001 |
- 4,800
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 7, 2001
- last permit issued
- Apr 1, 2023
- completed
- 99.7M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 44.2M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 1, 2023
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 1,651 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cowden Unit O-10-20164 | Cowden, North | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 1,651 | 99.7M | 44.2M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 693,713 · prior 12 735,792(-6%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 312,537 · prior 12 313,043(0%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505032-99 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Feb 7, 2001 | Feb 7, 2001 | Jan 29, 2001 | 4,800 |
| 443068-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Dec 20, 1995 | Dec 29, 1995 | Mar 7, 1996 | 4,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-20164 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,042 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,088 | 4,280 | Open hole |
| 4,088 | 4,540 | Open hole |
| 4,180 | 5,692 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 290 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 5.5 | 4,088 | 7.875 | 725 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 | Jan 25, 2024 | Jun 13, 2023 | — |
| 00 | Feb 13, 2004 | May 19, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 8, 1996 | May 15, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 24, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-135-37158 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-37158 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 167K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 6.22M
- bbl, all reported
- Nov 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000084458 | H-1 Injection | Active | 2,000 | 2,000 | 4,000–4,600 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 167,450 · prior 12 193,479(-13%)
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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