TEXAS · WELLS · ECTOR COUNTY · NORTH COWDEN UNIT LEASE · API 42-135-37771 · DISTRICT 7B
North Cowden Unit #1500
Ector County · Cowden North field · Shut In · Vertical
North Cowden Unit #1500 (API 42-135-37771) is a well in Ector County operated by Occidental Permian Ltd., completed January 22, 2019 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 22, 1999, permitted to 4,667 ft.
It was permitted by Altura Energy Ltd. and has since transferred to Occidental Permian Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Rustler, Tansill, Yates, Seven Rivers.
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.
Operator of record
Permitted by Altura Energy Ltd.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Permits on file
- 6,251
- Phone
- (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 | Altura Energy Ltd.Sep 22, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,667
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 22, 1999
- last permit issued
- Jan 22, 2019
- 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
- Jan 22, 2019
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 2019
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 487789-99 | Drill | Altura Energy Ltd. | Sep 21, 1999 | Sep 22, 1999 | Nov 5, 1999 | 4,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2019 | North Cowden Unit O-10-20164 | Cowden North | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Shut In · shut in Jan 1, 2019 | 4,667 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,039 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 1,901 | 1,138 |
| Tansill | 2,849 | 190 |
| Yates | 3,006 | 33 |
| Seven Rivers | 3,251 | -212 |
| Queen | 3,821 | -782 |
| Grayburg | 4,155 | -1,116 |
| GrayburgGRAYBURG DOLOMITE | 4,233 | -1,194 |
| San Andres | 4,634 | -1,595 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,154 | 4,667 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 316 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 7 | 4,154 | 8.75 | 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 | Jul 18, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | — |
| 00 | Nov 7, 2000 | Dec 20, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 9, 2000 | — | — |
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 42-135-37771 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-37771 → 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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