TEXAS · WELLS · MARTIN COUNTY · COWDEN "A" LEASE · API 42-317-33554 · DISTRICT 7B
Cowden A #1
Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Vertical
Cowden A #1 (API 42-317-33554) is a well in Martin County operated by Diamondback E&P LLC, completed October 20, 1988 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 2, 1988, permitted to 9,550 ft.
It was permitted by Parker & Parsley Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Diamondback E&P LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean.
Its lease has reported 81.2K barrels of oil and 91.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 5,251
- Phone
- (432) 221-7400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Diamondback E&P LLC |
| Production reports | Diamondback E&P LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co.Sep 2, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,550
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 2, 1988
- last permit issued
- Oct 20, 1988
- completed
- 81.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 91.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 20, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- 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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden "A" O-10-32073 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 2 | 81.2K | 91.3K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,967 · prior 12 2,726(-28%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,256 · prior 12 845(+285%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1BC Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1998
- 2Taurus Exploration U.S.A., Inc.Mar 1998 → Nov 1998
- 3Energen Resources CorporationDec 1998 → Oct 2000
- 4Scythian, Ltd.Nov 2000 → Apr 2006
- 5Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.May 2006 → Jul 2015
- 6Diamondback E&P LLCAug 2015 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 350736-99 | Drill | Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co. | Aug 31, 1988 | Sep 2, 1988 | Oct 8, 1988 | 9,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 1988 | Cowden A O-10-32073 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | Producing | 9,550 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,874 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,022 | 8,268 | Perforated |
| 8,586 | 8,938 | Perforated |
| 9,254 | 9,462 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 353 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 4,530 | 11 | 250 S |
| 4.5 | 9,550 | 7.875 | 800 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jun 15, 2020 | May 7, 2020 | — |
| 00 | Jan 19, 1989 | Dec 16, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 31, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-317-33554 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-317-33554 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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