PERMITS · 99095-99 · DISTRICT 4

Recompletion: Bentsen Bros. "B" #10

Expired

Shell Oil Company · Starr County · Vertical · La Copita (Vicksburg 7450) field · Recomplete · Final completion

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API 42-427-31278 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Nov 14, 1980: issued
10,116: permitted depth, ft
42-427-31278: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA NOV 14, 1980 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

2 fields on the W-1 · completed in one of them

The field the operator is after is La Copita (Vicksburg 7450); the other is the district's wildcat field, the fallback for a zone no field is named for.

Field	Formation	Proposed well	Completed in it
Wildcat8001 · the district's wildcat field	Any	Oil or gas	—
La Copita (Vicksburg 7450)50700870	Vicksburg 7450	Gas	Mar 30, 1981

Lifecycle

Nov 14, 1980Received · Application received by the RRC
Nov 14, 1980Issued · Permit approved
Mar 30, 1981Well status · Final completion
Jun 17, 1981Amended · Changed after issuance
Jun 17, 1982Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 562
Nearest town: 23 mi NE of Rio Grande

No coordinates yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; permits from the historical master file never carry one.

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
98838-99	Nov 14, 1980	A	Shell Oil Company	Bentsen Bros. "B" #10

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About this data

W-1 drilling permit from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, refreshed every business day. Surface coordinates come from the daily file only. Amendments appear as sequence numbers on the same permit; the lowest is current.

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