WELL · 42-495-04318 · DISTRICT 8
Cowden E. W. Unit A #1R
Winkler County · Emperor (Devonian) field · Vertical
Cowden E. W. Unit A #1R (API 42-495-04318) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged June 23, 1994, last operated by Helmerich & Payne Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 23, 2012, permitted to 3,500 ft.
It was permitted by Stout Energy Inc. and has since transferred to Helmerich & Payne Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Emperor, Deep.
Its 2 leases have reported 237K barrels of oil and 207K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 8 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 1.61M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through August 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Stout Energy Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Tulsa, OK · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 140 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Helmerich & Payne Inc. |
| Production reports | Saxet Oil Corporationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Stout Energy Inc.Apr 23, 2012 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 23, 2012
- last permit issued
- Dec 26, 1958
- completed
- 237K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 207K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 26, 1958
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 23, 1994
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden, E. W. "B" O-10-22882 | Emperor, Deep | Saxet Oil Corporation | 7 | 237K | 204K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Cowden, E. W. Unit A G-10-19771 | Emperor (Devonian) | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 2.69K | Jan 1993 – Sep 1994 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 8,773 · prior 12 9,413(-7%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 220(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1C & S Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 2010
- 2Helmerich & Payne, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1994
- 3Stout Energy Inc.Dec 2010 → Jun 2025
- 4Saxet Oil CorporationJul 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 737954-99 | Reenter | Stout Energy Inc. | Apr 11, 2012 | Apr 23, 2012 | Jun 15, 2012 | 3,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-10-19771 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-22882 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,822 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Emperor, Deep | 3,275 | -453 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,106 | 3,239 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 800 | — | 550 S |
| 13.375 | 800 | 17.5 | — |
| 7 | 3,275 | 8.75 | 350 S |
| 9.625 | 5,225 | — | 650 S |
| 9.625 | 5,225 | 12.25 | — |
| 2 | 9,065 | — | — |
| 7 | 11,509 | — | 650 S |
| 7 | 11,525 | — | — |
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 | Feb 26, 2014 | Oct 15, 2012 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 27, 1959 | — |
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 42-495-04318 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-04318 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 1.61M
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 9.86M
- bbl, all reported
- Aug 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000105658 | H-1 Injection | Active | 10,000 | 1,200 | 3,106–3,239 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 1,614,345 · prior 12 584,000(+176%)
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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