WELL · 42-211-31654 · DISTRICT 10

Bowers #8

Plugged

Hemphill County · Bowers (Douglas) field · Vertical

Bowers #8 (API 42-211-31654) is a plugged well in Hemphill County, plugged November 22, 1990, last operated by Kerr-Mcgee Corporation.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 25, 1984, permitted to 8,600 ft.

It was permitted by Smith, Earl T. & Assoc., Inc. and has since transferred to Kerr-Mcgee Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Brown Dolomite, Douglas, T.D..

Operator of record

Kerr-McGee Corporation

Permitted by Smith, Earl T. & Assoc., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 3, 2000 · 626 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Kerr-McGee Corporation
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Smith, Earl T. & Assoc., Inc.Jan 25, 1984

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

8,600: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 25, 1984: last permit issued
Mar 24, 1984: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 24, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 22, 1990

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
— O-14-5745	—	—	0	0	0	—

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
227187-99	Drill	Smith, Earl T. & Assoc., Inc.	Jan 23, 1984	Jan 25, 1984	Feb 19, 1984	8,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-14-5745	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,516 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Brown Dolomite	4,360	-1,844
DouglasDOUGLAS MARKER	8,320	-5,804
DouglasDOUGLAS SAND	8,355	-5,839
T.D.	8,600	-6,084

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,360	8,372	Perforated
8,392	8,402	Perforated
8,410	8,420	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,522	11	900 sx
5.5	8,598	7.875	450 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	May 11, 1984	Apr 5, 1984	—
00	May 10, 1984	Apr 5, 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 42-211-31654 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-211-31654 → 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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