OPERATORS · RRC 64101 · 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 8, 2017.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
34 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2006; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 3
- 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.
- 85%
- spud rate · 29 of 34 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–40
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 11 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange county → | — | 28 | 3 | Mar 8, 2017 |
| Anderson county → | — | 3 | 0 | Nov 1, 2013 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 24, 2006 |
All 34 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 5 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 4 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 3 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 3 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 2 | 0 |
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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 610K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 683(-100%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 19
- 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
| Orange | 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 | 33 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orange67484001 | 1 | 0 |
| Orange North (Hackberry)67486250 | 1 | 0 |
| Orange North (Marginulina Sd.)67486500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 4, 2026
- Address
- 2600 Post Oak Blvd Ste 5600
- Houston, TX 77056
- (406) 855-5497
- Officers and agents
- Allen, Victoria · Secretary,vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 823889 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 8, 2017 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Gulf Lee Hager Fee #40 | 5,000 | 36130979 |
| 823886 | Mar 8, 2017 | Mar 8, 2017 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Gulf Lee Hager Fee #39 | 4,600 | 36130978 |
| 805105 | Apr 6, 2015 | Apr 6, 2015 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | F.T. Peveto A #8 | 7,000 | 36130970 |
| 805106 | Mar 30, 2015 | Mar 30, 2015 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Gulf Lee Hager Fee #41 | 7,000 | 36130969 |
| 804536 | Mar 24, 2015 | Mar 24, 2015 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | F.T Peveto A #7 | 6,705 | 36130968 |
| 804533 | Mar 16, 2015 | Mar 16, 2015 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | F.T Peveto A #6 | 6,760 | 36130967 |
| 804533 | Mar 16, 2015 | Mar 16, 2015 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | F.T Peveto A #6 | 7,173 | 36130967 |
| 799259 | Oct 30, 2014 | Oct 30, 2014 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Gulf Lee Hager Fee #38 | 6,500 | 36130964 |
| 798869 | Oct 24, 2014 | Oct 24, 2014 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Gulf Lee Hager Fee #37 | 6,500 | 36130963 |
| 772518 | Nov 1, 2013 | Nov 1, 2013 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Anderson | Tomahawk Humble B #10 | 4,750 | 00132736 |
| 772090 | Oct 18, 2013 | Oct 18, 2013 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Anderson | Tomahawk Humble B #9 | 4,550 | 00132734 |
| 771162 | Oct 4, 2013 | Oct 4, 2013 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Anderson | Tomahawk Humble B #8 | 4,700 | 00132733 |
| 693534 | Mar 26, 2010 | Mar 26, 2010 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Cormier Family Trust #1 | 4,800 | 36130900 |
| 693534 | Mar 26, 2010 | Mar 26, 2010 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Cormier Family Trust #1 | 6,000 | 36130900 |
| 689039 | Dec 28, 2009 | Dec 28, 2009 | Benchmark Oil & Gas Company | Orange | Olsen-Edgar Unit #1 | 5,200 | 36130894 |
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/64101, documented in the API reference.