TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · COWDEN E LEASE · API 42-461-36522 · DISTRICT 6E
Cowden E #5
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Shut In · Vertical
Cowden E #5 (API 42-461-36522) is a well in Upton County operated by Apache Corporation, completed February 1, 2018 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2006 and 2010, permitted to 10,837 ft.
It was permitted by Mariner Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Spraberry, Up Spraberry, Lo Spraberry, Dean.
Its lease has reported 256K barrels of oil and 1.58M mcf of gas since December 2009, last reporting volume in November 2024. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mariner Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,758
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Nov 2024 |
| Latest permit | Mariner Energy, Inc.Jan 19, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,837
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Jan 19, 2010
- last permit issued
- Feb 1, 2018
- completed
- 256K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.58M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2009 THROUGH Nov 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 1, 2018
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden E O-9-17058 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | 3 | 256K | 1.58M | Dec 2009 – Nov 2024 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 21,074(-100%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1,159(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mariner Energy, Inc.Dec 2009 → Nov 2010
- 2Apache CorporationDec 2010 → Oct 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 689825-98 | Drill | Mariner Energy, Inc. | Feb 1, 2010 | Jan 19, 2010 | Feb 18, 2010 | 11,000 |
| 689825-99 | Drill | Mariner Energy, Inc. | Jan 15, 2010 | Jan 19, 2010 | Feb 17, 2010 | 10,300 |
| 626815-99 | Drill | Mariner Energy, Inc. | Sep 29, 2006 | Oct 2, 2006 | — | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2018 | Cowden E O-9-17058 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | Shut In · shut in Feb 1, 2025 | 10,837 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,746 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,301 | 7,486 | Perforated |
| 7,301 | 10,724 | Perforated |
| 7,882 | 8,220 | Perforated |
| 8,694 | 8,945 | Perforated |
| 8,999 | 10,724 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 857 | 11 | 335 S |
| 5.5 | 10,836 | 7.875 | 1,500 S |
| 5.5 | 10,837 | 7.875 | 1,500 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 | Oct 16, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 | — |
| 00 | Mar 27, 2015 | May 18, 2010 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 18, 2010 | — | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jun 15, 2016. Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON POROSITYSpans Up Spraberry, Spraberry, Lo Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 3,500 to 10,806 | Jun 15, 2016run Mar 8, 2010 | 6.99 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-461-36522 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-36522 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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