TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · POWELL "23" LEASE · API 42-461-31776 · DISTRICT 6E
Powell 23 #1
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Shut In · Vertical
Powell 23 #1 (API 42-461-31776) is a well in Upton County operated by Ovintiv USA Inc., completed January 6, 1982 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in September 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1981, permitted to 9,260 ft.
It was permitted by Cox, John L. and has since transferred to Ovintiv USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 126K barrels of oil and 437K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cox, John L.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Denver, CO
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 12, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,391
- Phone
- (720) 876-5176
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ovintiv USA Inc. |
| Production reports | Ovintiv USA Inc.through Aug 2020 |
| Latest permit | Cox, John L.Jul 3, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,260
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 3, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jan 6, 1982
- completed
- 126K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 437K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 6, 1982
- Shut in
- Sep 1, 2020
- 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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell "23" O-9-9313 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Ovintiv USA Inc. | 3 | 126K | 437K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2020 |
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.
- 1Cox, John L.Jan 1993 → Sep 2003
- 2JM Cox Resources, L.P.Oct 2003 → Apr 2014
- 3Athlon Holdings LPMay 2014 → Jan 2015
- 4Encana Oil & Gas(usa) Inc.Feb 2015 → Jan 2020
- 5Ovintiv USA Inc.Feb 2020 → Aug 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123765-99 | Drill | Cox, John L. | Jul 3, 1981 | Jul 3, 1981 | — | 9,500 |
| 120135-99 | Drill | Cox, John L. | Jun 3, 1981 | Jun 3, 1981 | Jun 8, 1981 | 9,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 1982 | Powell 23 O-9-9313 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Ovintiv USA Inc. | Shut In · shut in Sep 1, 2020 | 9,260 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,640 | 9,212 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 387 | 17 | 400 S |
| 8.625 | 4,935 | 11 | 1,000 S |
| 2.375 | 7,420 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,260 | 7.875 | 1,400 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 13, 1982 | — |
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 42-461-31776 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-31776 → 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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