WELL · 42-227-34936 · DISTRICT 8
Cobra-Talbot 40 #1
Howard County · Talbot (Canyon) field · Vertical
Cobra-Talbot 40 #1 (API 42-227-34936) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged October 12, 2011, last operated by Bta Oil Producers LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 31, 1995, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Costilla Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Bta Oil Producers LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres, Spraberry, Pennsylvanian.
Its lease has reported 27.8K barrels of oil and 540K mcf of gas since September 1995, last reporting in February 2012.
Operator of record
Permitted by Costilla Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 8, 2025
- Permits on file
- 420
- Phone
- (432) 682-3753
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BTA Oil Producers LLC |
| Production reports | BTA Oil Producers, LLCthrough May 2011 |
| Latest permit | Costilla Petroleum CorporationJul 31, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 31, 1995
- last permit issued
- Nov 30, 2004
- completed
- 27.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 540K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1995 THROUGH Feb 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 30, 2004
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 12, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobra-Talbot 40 O-10-34787 | Talbot (Canyon) | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | 1 | 27.8K | 540K | Sep 1995 – Feb 2012 |
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.
- 1Costilla Petroleum CorporationSep 1995 → Jan 1997
- 2Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Jun 2000
- 3Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJul 2000 → Nov 2001
- 4Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Oct 2003
- 5BTA Oil ProducersNov 2003 → Jan 2008
- 6BTA Oil Producers, LLCFeb 2008 → May 2011
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 438336-99 | Drill | Costilla Petroleum Corporation | Jul 31, 1995 | Jul 31, 1995 | Aug 3, 1995 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-34787 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,668 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,828 | 840 |
| San Andres | 3,267 | -599 |
| SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY | 6,030 | -3,362 |
| SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY | 6,555 | -3,887 |
| PennsylvanianPENN SHALE | 8,518 | -5,850 |
| Canyon | 8,689 | -6,021 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,692 | 8,700 | Perforated |
| 8,722 | 8,733 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 325 | 17.5 | 325 S |
| 9.625 | 3,325 | 12.25 | 1,420 S |
| 5.5 | 8,735 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Mar 30, 2005 | Dec 27, 2004 | — |
| 00 | Jun 25, 1996 | Dec 8, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 16, 1996 | Dec 8, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 16, 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 42-227-34936 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-34936 → 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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