WELL · 42-049-34604 · DISTRICT 7
Benedict #3
Brown County · Brown County Regular field · Vertical
Benedict #3 (API 42-049-34604) is a plugged well in Brown County, plugged November 21, 2002, last operated by Excel Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 14, 1986, permitted to 3,000 ft.
It was permitted by G & S Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Excel Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Crosscut, Caddo.
Its lease has reported 759 barrels of oil and 17 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in October 2007. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by G & S Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Cisco, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 8, 2013
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Excel Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | Excel Energy, Inc.through Mar 1999 |
| Latest permit | G & S Energy, Inc.Jan 14, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 14, 1986
- last permit issued
- May 10, 1986
- completed
- 759
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 17
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 10, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 21, 2002
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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict O-8-7 | Brown County Regular | Excel Energy, Inc. | 3 | 759 | 17 | Jan 1993 – Oct 2007 |
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.
- 1G & S Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 1995
- 2Navigators Resources, Inc.Dec 1995 → Mar 1996
- 3Orth Oil Company, Inc.Apr 1996 → Jul 1998
- 4Excel Energy, Inc.Oct 1998 → Mar 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295161-99 | Drill | G & S Energy, Inc. | Jan 10, 1986 | Jan 14, 1986 | Mar 26, 1986 | 3,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-7 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,521 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Crosscut | 1,180 | 341 |
| Caddo | 1,994 | -473 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,995 | 2,000 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.625 | 100 | 9.625 | 35 S |
| 4.5 | 2,025 | 6.75 | 120 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 | Oct 29, 1986 | Sep 23, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 11, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-049-34604 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-34604 → 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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