WELL · 42-445-00447 · DISTRICT 8
Cotton-A #1
Terry County · Vertical
Cotton-A #1 (API 42-445-00447) is a permitted well in Terry County filed by Cities Service Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 1981, permitted to 12,612 ft.
Its lease has reported 276K barrels of oil and 1.12K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 28, 1983
- Permits on file
- 597
- Phone
- (918) 561-4204
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Shidler, Mark L., Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Cities Service CompanyNov 18, 1981 |
- 12,612
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 18, 1981
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 276K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.12K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton "A" O-11-18666 | Wellman (Fusselman) | Shidler, Mark L., Inc. | 1 | 276K | 1.12K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 10,088 · prior 12 5,613(+80%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 12 · prior 12 12(+0%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1OXY USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1998
- 2Cross Timbers Operating CompanyMar 1998 → Sep 2000
- 3Reef Exploration, Inc. (A-1)Oct 2000 → Mar 2004
- 4Shidler, Mark L., Inc.Apr 2004 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141105-99 | Recompletion | Cities Service Company | Nov 18, 1981 | Nov 18, 1981 | — | 12,612 |
| 48206-99 | Recompletion | Cities Service Company | May 10, 1979 | May 10, 1979 | — | 12,606 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-18666 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,488 | 5,502 | Perforated |
| — | 12,604 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 305 | — | 250 S |
| 9.625 | 4,169 | — | — |
| 2 | 4,928 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 12,606 | — | 175 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 7, 1979 | — |
| 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 42-445-00447 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-445-00447 → 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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