OPERATORS · RRC 64096 · P-5 STATUS Y
Benchmark Oil & Gas Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorBenchmark Oil & Gas CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 26, 1999.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 10, 2003.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 of record
- 4
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
From permit to spud
FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME
A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.
- 25%
- spud rate · 3 of 12 mature permits
- 91
- median days permit to spud · middle half 52–130
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 9
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 20 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 12 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →
Formations in its completed wells
Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 4.54K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 2
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- active UIC permits of 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Harris | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Permit types
Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Fields
RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Gum Gully W. (Yegua-3)37447900 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 10, 2003
- Address
- PO Box 820729
- Houston, TX 77282
- Officers and agents
- Pledger, Robert E · President
- Pledger, Dorothy E · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482412 | Mar 26, 1999 | Mar 26, 1999 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Pledger #1 | 9,300 | 20132567 |
| 445024 | Mar 25, 1996 | Mar 25, 1996 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Gerhardt Unit #1 | 8,450 | 20131235 |
| 445023 | Mar 25, 1996 | Mar 25, 1996 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Davenport, David L. #1 | 9,000 | 20131202 |
| 177394 | Nov 10, 1982 | Nov 10, 1982 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Lewis, Tyra #1D | 3,200 | 20131502 |
| 173968 | Oct 5, 1982 | Oct 5, 1982 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Tyra, Lewis #3 | 9,150 | 20131000 |
| 124759 | Jul 10, 1981 | Jul 10, 1981 | Lammerts, Robert P. | Harris | Parker, W.R. Unit #2 #2 | 9,200 | 20131235 |
| 107802 | Feb 6, 1981 | Feb 6, 1981 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Tyra, Lewis R. #1D | 4,500 | 20131160 |
| 86067 | Jul 9, 1980 | Jul 9, 1980 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Jefferson | McFaddin "B" #3 | 4,300 | 24531410 |
| 83575 | May 20, 1980 | May 20, 1980 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Davis, Leora B. #1 | 5,809 | 20182720 |
| 69696 | Jan 2, 1980 | Jan 2, 1980 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Tyra, Lewis #3 | 9,032 | 20131000 |
| 63460 | Nov 12, 1979 | Nov 12, 1979 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Tyra, Lewis R. #1 | 8,981 | 20107993 |
| 62401 | Oct 17, 1979 | Oct 17, 1979 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Tyra, Lewis #2 | 8,306 | 20107999 |
| 59012 | Sep 27, 1979 | Sep 27, 1979 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Co. | Harris | Tyra, Lewis #3 | 9,500 | 20131000 |
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/64096, documented in the API reference.