COWDEN, NORTH (DEEP), District 08, Texas

A field is the Railroad Commission's unit of geology and of regulation. Its spacing rule is what decides how many wells an acreage can hold.

Leases
57
with a page here
Operators
18
Value, all time
$915.3 M
84% of the register's 68
Discovered
1939-06-24
Oil

Our estimate: volumes the operator filed with the Commission, valued at the EIA first-purchase price for that month. It is not a payment anyone received, and it is not a royalty. It sums the 57 leases in this field that have a page here — 84% of the register's 68 — so it understates the field.

Production, 2025

The Railroad Commission's Oil and Gas Annual Report for 2025, its most recent. These are the state's figures for the whole field, not ours.

WellsIn the fieldProducingProduced in 2025Also producedCumulative
Oil22496258,841 bbl18,851 mcfcasinghead81,794,016 bblsince discovery

The discovery well's oil measured 33.3° API gravity, perforated at 5,170 ft.

Hydrogen sulphide

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
OilB330 ft933 ft402,100 ft

Commission remarks: SEE FIELD RULES FOR CASING REQUIREMENTS.

County

Leases in this field

Every lease here files this field's number with the Commission and has a page on this site.

LeaseOperatorValue
COWDEN, J. M. R/A -B-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$130.0 M
HOLT, O. B. -C-TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$84.6 M
BLAKENEY, B. H. /HOLT PAY/TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$68.1 M
COWDEN, J. M. R/A -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$67.9 M
BLAKENEY, B. H.TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$62.6 M
BLAKENEY, B. H. -B-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$45.2 M
HOLT, FAYOXY USA INC.$35.1 M
COCHRAN, W. C.TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$28.2 M
TOADTEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$22.6 M
BLAKENEY, B. H. -A-OXY USA INC.$21.9 M
KLOH, -B-OXY USA INC.$20.8 M
HOLT, O. B. -E- DEEPOCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$20.7 M
BLAKENEY, B. H. -C-OXY USA INC.$20.4 M
COWDEN, W. F. -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$19.8 M
BLAKENEY-SUNOXY USA INC.$19.4 M
COWDEN, FRANK R/A -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$18.6 M
HOLT, O. B., JR., ETALTEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$17.6 M
BLAKENEY -OA-OXY USA INC.$17.5 M
WIGHT, L. E. "B"OXY USA INC.$16.3 M
WIGHT, L. E. -A-BRIDWELL OIL CO.$14.3 M
HOLT, O. B. JR. -A-TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$13.6 M
WIGHT, L. E., MRS. -4-UNITED OIL & SHALE LLC$12.8 M
HOLT -D-TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$12.5 M
TOAD-A-TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$12.5 M
SMITH, T. A.OXY USA INC.$10.6 M
WIGHT, LOUIE E.OXY USA INC.$10.5 M
HOLT, O. B. -J-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$10.1 M
T. P. LAND TRUST -B-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$8.2 M
ABRAMS, H. J., ET ALAD ASTRA RESOURCES, LLC$7.6 M
BLAKENEY, B. H. -B-OXY USA INC.$6.8 M
BLAKENEY -OB-OXY USA INC.$6.7 M
T. P. LAND TRUST -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$6.7 M
TXLFORMENTERA OPERATIONS LLC$5.4 M
WIGHT, A. W., MRS. -B-OXY USA INC.$5.3 M
TXL #2HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING, LLC$4.8 M
COWDEN, EMMATEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$4.6 M
HOLT, O. B.TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$4.4 M
TXL -B-BAKER OPERATING, INC.$3.7 M
HOLT, O. B. -B-TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$2.6 M
COWDEN, J. M. R/A -C-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$1.9 M
COWDEN, FRANK R/A -B-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$1.7 M
KLOH -A-AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$1.7 M
COWDEN, FRANK R/A -C-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$1.6 M
WIGHT, L. E., MRS. -A-9-UNITED OIL & SHALE LLC$1.3 M
HOLT, O. B.EXTEX OPERATING COMPANY$1.2 M
HUMBLE "B"SHERIDAN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC$1.0 M
WIGHT -A-ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES L.P.$973 k
TXL -A-BAKER OPERATING, INC.$930 k
DOUBLE "M"SANDRIDGE EXPL. AND PROD., LLC$901 k
HOLTPURE RESOURCES, L.P.$454 k
HOLT, O. B., TRACT 1PURE RESOURCES, L.P.$258 k
HOLT, O. B.TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$187 k
STATE 45SANDRIDGE EXPL. AND PROD., LLC$125 k
HOLTSTELLER ENERGY & INVESTMENT CORP$69 k
HOLTTEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.$59 k
HOLT, O. B. NCT-2CHEVRON U. S. A. INC.$13 k
WIGHT, L. E.MONCRIEF, W. A., JR.$2 k

Field number 21289600, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 68 leases and 395 wells to this field by name, over every lease in Texas rather than only those with a page here. It resolves a lease by NAME and refuses an ambiguous one, so it counts nothing for a field that shares its name with another — which is why the lease count above comes from the field number instead.