WELL · 42-079-32849 · DISTRICT 8

Benson #3

Plugged

Cochran County · Bledsoe East (San Andres) field · Vertical

Benson #3 (API 42-079-32849) is a plugged well in Cochran County, plugged January 6, 2003, last operated by El Ran Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 24, 1995, permitted to 4,900 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Slaughter.

Its lease has reported 165K barrels of oil and 1.52K mcf of gas since August 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

EL Ran Inc.

Lubbock, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 27 permits on file · (806) 763-4091

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	EL Ran Inc.
Production reports	EL Ran, Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permit	EL Ran Inc.Oct 24, 1995

4,900: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 24, 1995: last permit issued
Mar 18, 1996: completed
165K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.52K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 18, 1996
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jan 6, 2003

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
Benson O-11-67161	Bledsoe, East (San Andres)	EL Ran, Inc.	3	165K	1.52K	Aug 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,658 · prior 12 1,828(-9%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 615 · prior 12 0

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Estacado Energy, Inc.Oct 1993 → Aug 1995
2EL Ran, Inc.Sep 1995 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
440902-99	Drill	EL Ran Inc.	Oct 23, 1995	Oct 24, 1995	Dec 27, 1995	4,900

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-11-67161	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,883 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Slaughter	4,770	-887

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,773	4,780	Perforated
4,786	4,794	Perforated
4,901	4,926	Perforated
4,929	4,941	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	448	12.25	270 S
5.5	4,948	7.875	1,050 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	Jul 3, 1996	Apr 22, 1996	Yes
00	May 29, 1996	—	—

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 42-079-32849 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-079-32849 → 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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