COWDEN, SOUTH (CANYON 8790), 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
85
with a page here
Operators
23
Value, all time
$673.3 M
69% of the register's 123
Discovered
1966-05-29
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 85 leases in this field that have a page here — 69% of the register's 123 — 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
Oil10548183,794 bbl163,589 mcfcasinghead50,719,124 bblsince discovery
Gas000 mcf0 bblcondensate37,111 mcfsince 1970

The discovery well's oil measured 39.0° API gravity, perforated at 9,202 ft.

Hydrogen sulphide

Spacing rule

What the Commission requires of a well on this field.

WellsRuleEffectiveFrom the lease lineBetween wellsAcres per unitMax diagonal
GasB660 ft1,320 ft1604,500 ft
GasO660 ft1,320 ft803,250 ft
OilB660 ft1,320 ft1604,500 ft
OilO660 ft1,320 ft803,000 ft

Commission remarks: SEE DOCKET 8-58,042

County

Leases in this field

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

LeaseOperatorValue
FOSTER, H.OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$77.1 M
MOSS,PAUL SOUTH(CANYON 8790)UNITR3 OPERATING CORPORATION$73.4 M
FOSTER 8OXY USA WTP LP$72.0 M
WITCHER, J. E. 19OXY USA WTP LP$58.9 M
COWDEN, ELLIOTT F. -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$57.8 M
FOSTER 8-5OXY USA WTP LP$28.4 M
METEOR CRATEROXY USA WTP LP$18.7 M
WITCHER, J. E.OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$15.6 M
ADDIS, FRANK V.OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$15.5 M
SHELL-WITCHER "C"OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$15.4 M
FOSTER FOXY USA WTP LP$15.2 M
TXL "K"OXY USA WTP LP$10.2 M
COWDEN, ELLIOTT F. -B-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$10.1 M
CROSS HOXY USA WTP LP$9.7 M
METEOR CRATER AOXY USA WTP LP$8.9 M
SUN-WITCHEROCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$8.7 M
HENDERSON, F.A. -B-EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION$8.5 M
MOSS, PAUL, -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$8.3 M
SHELL-WITCHEROCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$8.0 M
LONGBOTHAM, CORA -A-AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$6.7 M
LONGBOTHAM, CORA "B"AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$6.1 M
METEOR CRATER BOXY USA WTP LP$6.1 M
COWDEN -A-KINNEY INCORPORATED$5.8 M
WITCHER, J. E. -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$5.5 M
FOSTER "F"AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$5.4 M
FOSTER EOXY USA WTP LP$5.2 M
JOHNSON, J.L. -31-BASIN OIL & GAS OPERATING, LLC$5.1 M
MOSS -G-OXY USA WTP LP$5.1 M
MOSS, PAUL, -C-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$5.1 M
COWDEN W.E. -B-AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$4.9 M
HENDERSON, E. A.LAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$4.6 M
MOSS, PAUL, "B"AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$4.6 M
MOSS -C-OXY USA WTP LP$4.4 M
SOUTH HENDERSONOCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$4.1 M
FOSTER-JCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY$4.0 M
FOSTER /I/OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$3.9 M
TXL "T"OXY USA WTP LP$3.6 M
MARTIN, T. J.OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$3.2 M
MOSS, PAUL "D"SHERIDAN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC$3.1 M
CROSS IOXY USA WTP LP$2.9 M
JOHNSON -F-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$2.8 M
KAYSER, EVA B.AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$2.7 M
FOSTER -D-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$2.7 M
BAGLEY -B-OXY USA WTP LP$2.7 M
HENDERSON, W. B. "C"HENDERSON, BRYAN, CO.$2.7 M
JOHNSON, J. L., -A-O'RYAN OIL AND GAS$2.4 M
CROSS -C-OXY USA WTP LP$2.4 M
WITCHER, J. E. PA UNITOCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$2.4 M
COWDEN SOUTH 4AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$2.3 M
ADDIS, FRANK V. -B-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$2.3 M
WITCHER, J. E. -7-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$2.3 M
TXL -R-OXY USA WTP LP$2.2 M
BAGLEY, J.E.AGHORN OPERATING, INC.$2.2 M
MOSS"F"OXY USA WTP LP$2.0 M
COWDENHERBIG OIL & GAS CO.$2.0 M
READING-MOSSLAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$1.9 M
TXL ACOXY USA WTP LP$1.7 M
COWDEN, W.E. "D"SHERIDAN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC$1.6 M
HENDERSON, W. B. "D"HENDERSON, BRYAN, CO.$1.5 M
HENDERSON,W.B.UNIT "B"HENDERSON, BRYAN, CO.$1.3 M
COWDEN, ELLIOTT F. "D"SHERIDAN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC$1.3 M
FOSTER, H. -A-ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES L.P.$992 k
JOHNSON, J. L. -A-OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$985 k
EDWARDSOVINTIV USA INC.$899 k
COWDEN, W.E. "E"RAPTOR PETROLEUM DEVELOP, LLC$870 k
JOHNSON, J. L. -B-O'RYAN OIL AND GAS$800 k
COWDENCLEAR FORK, INCORPORATED$766 k
PAN AM-MOSSLAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$632 k
MOSS "J"OXY USA WTP LP$563 k
TXL SOXY USA WTP LP$390 k
FOSTER 8-3OXY USA WTP LP$339 k
LONGBOTHAM UNITFOREST OIL PERMIAN CORPORATION$317 k
COWDEN -B-HERBIG OIL & GAS CO.$303 k
BROCK, L. E.LAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$76 k
JOHNSON, DORA -C-O'RYAN OIL AND GAS$59 k
HENDERSON, F. A. -B-OXY USA WTP LP$22 k
HENDERSON UNITSATANTA OIL COMPANY$20 k
HENDERSON, W. B. "D"HENDERSON, BRYAN, CO.$10 k
HENDERSONOCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.$6 k
FOSTER, H.S. "D"OXY USA INC.$3 k
LA FORCE-MOSSKERR-MCGEE CORPORATION$2 k
WITCHER -D-PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY$1 k
KEWANEE-FOSTERLAGUNA PETROLEUM CORPORATION$769
FOSTER "G"OXY USA WTP LP$328
LONGBOTHAM, CORA, "C"UNIVERSAL RESOURCES CORP.$18

Field number 21292125, from the Railroad Commission's field register. The register's own index resolves 123 leases and 343 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.