WELL · 42-361-00779 · DISTRICT 3
Cow Bayou State #3
Orange County · Orange field · Shut IN · Directional
Cow Bayou State #3 (API 42-361-00779) is a well in Orange County operated by Orangefield East Corp, completed April 11, 1990 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 22, 1990, permitted to 4,742 ft.
It was permitted by Orange Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Orangefield East Corp on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 59.8K barrels of oil and 29 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Orange Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · (972) 256-8289
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Orangefield East Corp |
| Production reports | Orangefield East Corpthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Orange Petroleum Co.May 22, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,742
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 22, 1990
- last permit issued
- Apr 11, 1990
- completed
- 59.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 29
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 11, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: H
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Bayou State O-3-5744 | Orange | Orangefield East Corp | 3 | 59.8K | 29 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 655 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Orange Petroleum Co.Jan 1993 → May 1995
- 2Csa Exploration Company, Inc.Jun 1995 → Oct 2000
- 3Bison Energy Partners, Inc.Nov 2000 → Aug 2001
- 4Bison Energy Partners, Ltd.Sep 2001 → Apr 2002
- 5White Oak Operating Company LLCMay 2002 → Aug 2003
- 6Tag Operating Company, Inc.Sep 2003 → Oct 2005
- 7Packard Gas CompanyNov 2005 → Oct 2006
- 8Benchmark Oil & Gas CompanyJan 2007 → Mar 2023
- 9Orangefield East CorpAug 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 372408-99 | Recompletion | Orange Petroleum Co. | Apr 20, 1990 | May 22, 1990 | — | 4,742 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-5744 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,326 | 3,330 | Perforated |
| — | 3,466 | Perforated |
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 | Jun 8, 1990 | Apr 25, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 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 42-361-00779 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-361-00779 → 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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