OPERATORS · RRC 65847  · P-5 STATUS Y

Benson Mineral Group, Inc

Benson Mineral Group, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 4, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 33 wells under its operatorship.

185 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 2, 1998.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 33 of record
7
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.

24%
spud rate · 44 of 185 mature permits
24
median days permit to spud · middle half 11–51
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 4 permits
137
expired undrilled
15
permits a year over 12 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Throckmorton county →—7525Jun 20, 1985
Haskell county →—400Aug 8, 1979
Baylor county →—331Jul 1, 1980
Knox county →—140Sep 16, 1980
Fayette county →—100May 4, 1990
Leon county →—77Sep 15, 1987
Gonzales county →—40Mar 8, 1990
Washington county →—20Feb 5, 1990

All 185 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Caddo50
Strawn50
Palo Pinto50
Tannehill30
Mississippian30
Coleman Junction20
Wilcox20
Bend10
Cisco10

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
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
96.9K
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

33
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
32
plugged

How it got them

15
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
43
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 9
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Throckmorton0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill00168
Other0010
Recompletion006
Reenter001

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.

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 2, 1998
Address
1560 Broadway Suite 1900
Denver, CO 80202
Officers and agents
C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Benson, Bruce D. · President
Brooks, Murray N. · Vice President
Murphy, F. Michael · Secretary

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
372994May 4, 1990May 4, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Ansell #15,00014932401
370737Mar 12, 1990Mar 12, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Graff #34,90014932390
370698Mar 8, 1990Mar 8, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.GonzalesBMG Parr #22,60017731767
370698Mar 8, 1990Mar 8, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.GonzalesBMG Parr #22,60017731767
369391Feb 5, 1990Feb 5, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.WashingtonBMG Kieke #17,20047730671
369208Jan 31, 1990Jan 31, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Graff #25,70014932385
369240Jan 30, 1990Jan 30, 1990Benson Mineral Group, Inc.GonzalesBMG Parr #12,55017731757
366501Nov 17, 1989Nov 17, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Markwardt #13,00014932373
366263Nov 9, 1989Nov 9, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Lehmann #16,90014932368
366259Nov 9, 1989Nov 9, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.GonzalesBMG Parr #13,50017731757
365891Nov 3, 1989Nov 3, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Stech #16,70014932366
365729Oct 27, 1989Oct 27, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Mach #16,50014932364
365334Oct 19, 1989Oct 19, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.WashingtonBMG Limmer #17,20047730669
365030Oct 11, 1989Oct 11, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Graff #16,60014932360
365030Oct 11, 1989Oct 11, 1989Benson Mineral Group, Inc.FayetteBMG Graff #14,79514932360

Full permit history →

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/65847, documented in the API reference.