WELL · 42-173-31249 · DISTRICT 8

Cooper W.D. #2

Plugged

Glasscock County · Big Whit(wolfcamp) field · Vertical

Cooper W.D. #2 (API 42-173-31249) is a plugged well in Glasscock County, plugged March 10, 1998, last operated by Mdc Operating Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 31, 1981, permitted to 8,300 ft.

It was permitted by Tomlinson Oil CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Mdc Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 2.2K barrels of oil and 59 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 1998.

Operator of record

MDC Operating Inc.

Permitted by Tomlinson Oil Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 2, 2022 · 7 permits on file · (432) 620-0909

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	MDC Operating Inc.
Production reports	MDC Operating, Inc.through Mar 1998
Latest permit	Tomlinson Oil Co., Inc.Dec 31, 1981

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

8,300: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Dec 31, 1981: last permit issued
Feb 17, 1982: completed
2.2K: cumulative oil, bbl
59: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 1998

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 17, 1982
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 10, 1998

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Cooper, W.D. O-10-27276	Big Whit(wolfcamp)	MDC Operating, Inc.	1	2.2K	59	Jan 1993 – May 1998

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.

1Warren American Oil CompanyJan 1993 → May 1997
2MDC Operating, Inc.Dec 1997 → Jan 1998

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
147103-99	Drill	Tomlinson Oil Co., Inc.	Dec 31, 1981	Dec 31, 1981	—	8,300

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-27276	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,020	8,030	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
12.75	397	17.5	475 S
8.625	3,408	11	575 S
2.375	8,018	—	—
5.5	8,068	7.875	500 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 12, 1984	Apr 19, 1982	—

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 42-173-31249 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-173-31249 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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