WELL · 42-047-30981 · DISTRICT 4
Mills Bennett Estate Fee #54
Brooks County · Mills Bennett (D-1 Sand-Seg 4) field · Vertical
Mills Bennett Estate Fee #54 (API 42-047-30981) is a plugged well in Brooks County, plugged June 27, 2012, last operated by Bennett Mills Estate.
The RRC has issued 4 drilling permits between 1981 and 1996, permitted to 6,024 ft.
It was permitted by Gaither Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Bennett Mills Estate on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Frio.
Its 3 leases have reported 5.39K barrels of oil and 157K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 2012. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Gaither Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 6, 1995 · 81 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bennett Mills Estate |
| Production reports | Gaither Petroleum Corporationthrough Sep 2009 |
| Latest permit | Gaither Petroleum CorporationOct 15, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,024
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Oct 15, 1996
- last permit issued
- Dec 6, 1981
- completed
- 5.39K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 157K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 6, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 27, 2012
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Mills Estate Fee G-4-160661 | Mills Bennett (Consolidated) | Gaither Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 0 | 108K | Sep 1996 – Jun 2012 |
| Mills Bennett O-4-11917 | Mills Bennett (B Sand Seg. 6) | Gaither Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 5.39K | 49.1K | Jan 1993 – Dec 1996 |
| — G-4-113670 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bennett, Mills EstateJan 1993 → Sep 1994
- 2Gaither Petroleum CorporationOct 1994 → Sep 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 453866-99 | Recompletion | Gaither Petroleum Corporation | Oct 15, 1996 | Oct 15, 1996 | Sep 6, 1996 | 6,024 |
| 386871-99 | Recompletion | Bennett, Mills Estate | Apr 17, 1991 | Apr 22, 1991 | Apr 9, 1991 | 6,024 |
| 254322-99 | Recompletion | Bennett, Mills Estate | Oct 12, 1984 | Oct 12, 1984 | — | 6,024 |
| 127112-99 | Drill | Bennett, Mills Estate | Jul 27, 1981 | Jul 27, 1981 | Oct 19, 1981 | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-113670 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-4-160661 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-4-11917 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 282 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,225 | 3,231 | Perforated |
| 4,111 | 4,115 | Perforated |
| 4,234 | 4,242 | Perforated |
| 4,626 | 4,642 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 812 | 13.5 | 470 S |
| 2.375 | 4,494 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 6,024 | 8.5 | 963 S |
| 5.5 | 6,025 | 8.5 | 963 S |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Feb 13, 1997 | Oct 28, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 4, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 1, 1991 | Apr 18, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 30, 1991 | — | — |
| 00 | Dec 18, 1984 | Nov 8, 1984 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 1, 1984 | Oct 18, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 21, 1981 | — |
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-047-30981 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-047-30981 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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