COWDEN, SOUTH, 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
75
with a page here
Operators
25
Value, all time
$1.10 bn
74% of the register's 102
Discovered
1932-11-23
Oil and gas

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 75 leases in this field that have a page here — 74% of the register's 102 — 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
Oil603280194,454 bbl28,310 mcfcasinghead176,176,730 bblsince discovery
Gas000 mcf0 bblcondensate1,244,060 mcfsince 1970

The discovery well's oil measured 36.0° API gravity, perforated at 5,050 ft.

Hydrogen sulphide

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
OilB2005-09-27330 ft467 ft402,100 ft
OilO2005-09-27330 ft467 ft101,100 ft
GasB660 ft600 ft402,100 ft

Commission remarks: MAXIMUM 160 ACRES PLUS 16 ACRES TOLERANCE

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
SOUTH COWDEN UNITCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY$200.1 M
MOSS, PAUL UNITR3 OPERATING CORPORATION$133.3 M
MOSS UNITAGHORN OPERATING, INC.$104.8 M
FOSTER GBSA UNITOXY USA INC.$82.1 M
EMMONS UNITAGHORN OPERATING, INC.$53.4 M
MOSS GRAYBURG-SAN ANDRES UNITOXY USA INC.$48.9 M
S. FOSTER GBSA UNITOXY USA INC.$44.4 M
WEST GRAYBURG UNITOCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$43.5 M
FOSTER, H. S.HELMS OIL & GAS, LLC$36.0 M
WEST SOUTH COWDEN UNITBAKER OPERATING, INC.$29.3 M
COWDENRAPTOR PETROLEUM DEVELOP, LLC$22.6 M
MAURICE, R.LAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$20.9 M
ADDIS, FRANK V. -D-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$20.9 M
COWDENBLUCO PRODUCTION CO., INC.$19.2 M
FOSTERPAR DEVELOPMENT$17.1 M
FOSTER, H. S.PAR DEVELOPMENT$16.1 M
MOSS UNIT AAGHORN OPERATING, INC.$13.6 M
TXL -13-OXY USA INC.$12.6 M
CHASE "C"BLUCO PRODUCTION CO., INC.$12.3 M
MOSS, PAULLAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$11.5 M
MAURICE, RESSIEVISION NATURAL RESOURCES, LP$10.9 M
MOSS, PAUL -2-AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$10.0 M
ADDIS -B-LAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$9.7 M
COLBERT, E. K.AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$9.5 M
JOHNSON, LYDA MAEVISION NATURAL RESOURCES, LP$8.8 M
KAYSER, EVAAGHORN OPERATING, INC.$8.7 M
FOSTER, H. S., -A-OXY USA INC.$8.7 M
FOSTER, H. S.OXY USA INC.$7.5 M
AVERITTHIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING, LLC$6.3 M
FOSTER, H. S. -C-OXY USA INC.$5.9 M
HENDERSON, W. B. "C"HENDERSON, BRYAN, CO.$5.8 M
MOSS "B"AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$5.6 M
MAURICE, RESSIEREIN PUSHER OPERATING LLC$4.5 M
HENDERSONSATANTA OIL COMPANY$4.4 M
COWDEN, E.F. -D-BAKER OPERATING, INC.$4.2 M
MAURICE -B-VISION NATURAL RESOURCES, LP$4.0 M
FOSTER, H. S., -B-OXY USA INC.$3.7 M
MOSS, PAULSATANTA OIL COMPANY$3.4 M
FOSTER EOXY USA INC.$3.3 M
ADDIS, FRANK V. -C-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$3.1 M
MAURICE BREIN PUSHER OPERATING LLC$2.8 M
ADDIS -A-LAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$2.7 M
HENDERSONHENDERSON, BRYAN, CO.$2.4 M
CHASE -B-BLUCO PRODUCTION CO., INC.$2.3 M
STANOLIND-HENDERSON -A-BAKER OPERATING, INC.$2.2 M
FOSTER, B. J.BAKER OPERATING, INC.$2.0 M
BRADLEY 1ADVENTURE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC$2.0 M
TXL COWDEN SOUTHHELMS OIL & GAS, LLC$1.9 M
COWDEN 9RAPTOR PETROLEUM DEVELOP, LLC$1.8 M
WARD -A-BLUCO PRODUCTION CO., INC.$1.6 M
MOSS, PAUL -A-SATANTA OIL COMPANY$1.6 M
FOSTER -A-BAKER OPERATING, INC.$940 k
MAURICE, J. F.VISION NATURAL RESOURCES, LP$921 k
COWDEN "B"PERMIAN SOLUTIONS LLC$757 k
COWDEN, E.F. -33-MOSS SWD, LLC$754 k
HS FOSTER CHELMS OIL & GAS, LLC$745 k
COWDEN "C"BAKER OPERATING, INC.$594 k
COWDEN "28"RAPTOR PETROLEUM DEVELOP, LLC$591 k
CROSS -C-OXY USA WTP LP$482 k
COWDEN, E. F. -40-MOSS SWD, LLC$452 k
COWDEN, E. F., -A-PERMIAN SOLUTIONS LLC$353 k
COWDEN "CO"RAPTOR PETROLEUM DEVELOP, LLC$286 k
HENDERSON -A-SATANTA OIL COMPANY$265 k
KAYSER, EVASDG RESOURCES L.P.$234 k
KAYSER, EVASDG RESOURCES L.P.$177 k
COWDEN "A"CUERVO, INC.$130 k
STANOLIND-HENDERSONBAKER OPERATING, INC.$88 k
ADDIS, FRANK V. "E"AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$63 k
COWDEN 44E.G.L. RESOURCES, INC.$52 k
ECTOR "AK" FEEOXY USA INC.$48 k
MOSS UNIT "C"AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$30 k
MARTIN, T.J. -B-TORCH ENERGY SERVICES, INC.$24 k
COWDEN, E.F.PETROLEUM TECHNICAL SERVICES CO.$23 k
COWDEN,E.F. "32"PETROLEUM TECHNICAL SERVICES CO.$19 k
COWDEN "A"CUERVO, INC.$12 k

Field number 21292001, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 102 leases and 1,335 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.