TEXAS · WELLS · SMITH COUNTY · COWAN GU LEASE · API 42-423-31883 · DISTRICT 06
Cowan GU #3
Smith County · Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
Cowan GU #3 (API 42-423-31883) is a well in Smith County operated by Valence Operating Company, completed February 24, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 17, 2004, permitted to 11,710 ft.
It was permitted by J-W Operating CO. and has since transferred to Valence Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.
Its lease has reported 6.72K barrels of oil and 314K mcf of gas since February 2005, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by J-W Operating Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Kingwood, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 990
- Phone
- (281) 359-3659
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Valence Operating Company |
| Production reports | Valence Operating Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | J-W Operating Co.Dec 17, 2004 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,710
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 17, 2004
- last permit issued
- Feb 24, 2005
- completed
- 6.72K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 314K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2005 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 24, 2005
- 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan GU G-6-209228 | Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) | Valence Operating Company | 1 | 6.72K | 314K | Feb 2005 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 5,069 · prior 12 4,772(+6%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1J-W Operating Co.Mar 2005 → Sep 2013
- 2Valence Operating CompanyOct 2013 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 555010-99 | Drill | J-W Operating Co. | Dec 17, 2004 | Dec 17, 2004 | Jan 10, 2005 | 11,850 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2005 | Cowan GU G-6-209228 | Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley) | Valence Operating Company | Producing | 11,710 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 392 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 6,885 | -6,493 |
| Rodessa | 7,080 | -6,688 |
| Pettit | 7,675 | -7,283 |
| Travis Peak | 7,805 | -7,413 |
| Cotton Valley | 9,640 | -9,248 |
| Taylor | 10,770 | -10,378 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,320 | 11,398 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,228 | 11 | 520 S |
| 5.5 | 11,710 | 7.875 | 993 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 | Sep 6, 2005 | Apr 1, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 11, 2005 | — | — |
Well logs
The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗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 42-423-31883 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-31883 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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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