WELL · 42-461-32164 · DISTRICT 7
Cowden 45 #2
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Cowden 45 #2 (API 42-461-32164) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged August 14, 2025, last operated by Prime Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 20, 1984, permitted to 9,300 ft.
It was permitted by Lewis & Atkins Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Prime Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Spraberry, Jo Mill, Dean.
Its lease has reported 124K barrels of oil and 827K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 2025. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Lewis & Atkins Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 595 permits on file · (800) 310-3434
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prime Operating Company |
| Production reports | Prime Operating Companythrough Apr 2025 |
| Latest permit | Lewis & Atkins Oil & Gas, Inc.Mar 20, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 20, 1984
- last permit issued
- Jul 1, 1984
- completed
- 124K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 827K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 1, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 14, 2025
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden "45" O-9-10904 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Prime Operating Company | 4 | 124K | 827K | Jan 1993 – Sep 2025 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 25(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Prime Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 233002-99 | Drill | Lewis & Atkins Oil & Gas, Inc. | Mar 16, 1984 | Mar 20, 1984 | Apr 14, 1984 | 9,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-10904 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,776 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,453 | 9,006 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 396 | 17.5 | 370 sx |
| 8.625 | 4,409 | 11 | 450 sx |
| 4.5 | 9,140 | 7.875 | 700 sx |
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 | Sep 19, 1984 | Sep 4, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Sep 15, 1984 | Sep 4, 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 42-461-32164 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-32164 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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