WELL · 42-355-33573 · DISTRICT 4

Chapman Cowles #143

Plugged

Nueces County · Arnold-David North (L. Anderson field  · Vertical

Chapman Cowles #143 (API 42-355-33573) is a plugged well in Nueces County, plugged July 24, 2009, last operated by Ventex Operating Corp..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued July 15, 2003, permitted to 10,950 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio.

Operator of record

Ventex Operating Corp.

Based in
Addison, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
May 18, 2026
Permits on file
188
Phone
(214) 520-2929

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleVentex Operating Corp.
Production reportsVentex Operating Corp.through Jun 2009
Latest permitVentex Operating Corp.Jul 15, 2003
10,950
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jul 15, 2003
last permit issued
Sep 28, 2003
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
3.1M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2003 THROUGH Jul 2009

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 28, 2003
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jul 24, 2009

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Chapman Cowles G-4-198403Arnold-David, North (Frio,lower)Ventex Operating Corp.103.09MDec 2003 – Jul 2009
Chapman Cowles G-4-197954Arnold-David, North (L. AndersonVentex Operating Corp.102.43KSep 2003 – Dec 2003

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.

  1. 1Ventex Operating Corp.Nov 2003 → Jun 2009

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
534211-98DrillVentex Operating Corp.Aug 27, 2003Jul 15, 2003Aug 23, 200310,950
534211-99DrillVentex Operating Corp.Jul 15, 2003Jul 15, 2003—7,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-197954————
—— G-4-198403————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 70 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Catahoula4,434-4,364
Frio5,317-5,247

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,8409,954Perforated
9,9489,954Perforated
10,32810,336Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
4.51,0626.5235 S
10.751,65314.751,080 S
7.6259,6489.875418 S
4.510,6206.5235 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jul 29, 2004Apr 26, 2004Yes
00Feb 9, 2004Dec 17, 2003—
00Jan 13, 2004——
00Dec 23, 2003Nov 24, 2003Yes
00Dec 10, 2003——

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.

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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