WELL · 42-135-37873 · DISTRICT 8
Smith T. A. #7
Ector County · Cowden North (Deep) field · Horizontal
Smith T. A. #7 (API 42-135-37873) is a horizontal well in Ector County operated by Oxy USA Inc., completed July 25, 2001.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2000 and 2001, permitted to 5,300 ft.
It was permitted by Arco Permian and has since transferred to Oxy USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg, Holt.
Its lease has reported 173K barrels of oil and 49.8K mcf of gas since March 2001, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Arco Permian; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,316
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | OXY USA Inc. |
| Production reports | OXY USA Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Arco PermianMay 24, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,300
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- May 24, 2001
- last permit issued
- Jul 25, 2001
- completed
- 173K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 49.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2001 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 25, 2001
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, T. A. O-10-36567 | Cowden, North (Deep) | OXY USA Inc. | 2 | 173K | 49.8K | Mar 2001 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,760 · prior 12 2,621(-33%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 11 · prior 12 734(-99%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Arco PermianMar 2001 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Aug 2007
- 3OXY USA Inc.Sep 2007 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 509389-99 | Recompletion | Arco Permian | May 24, 2001 | May 24, 2001 | Jul 3, 2001 | 5,300 |
| 499106-98 | Drill | Arco Permian | Nov 7, 2000 | Sep 29, 2000 | Jan 15, 2001 | 5,230 |
| 499106-99 | Drill | Arco Permian | Aug 31, 2000 | Sep 29, 2000 | — | 5,230 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-36567 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-36567 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,067 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,039 | 7,022 | Open hole |
| 5,148 | 5,206 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 367 | 12.25 | 200 S |
| 5.5 | 5,240 | 7.875 | 1,350 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 23, 2002 | Oct 24, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 3, 2002 | Mar 9, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 6, 2001 | Mar 9, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 27, 2001 | — | — |
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 42-135-37873 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-37873 → 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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