WELL · 42-131-37304 · DISTRICT 4
Benavides Alonzo E #2
Duval County · EL Mesquite (5200) field · Vertical
Benavides Alonzo E #2 (API 42-131-37304) is a well in Duval County operated by Prime Operating Company, completed February 2, 1990.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 28, 1989, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by Lobo Resources, Ltd. and has since transferred to Prime Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Jackson, Yegua, Cook Mountain.
Its 3 leases have reported 5.32K barrels of oil and 961K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Lobo Resources, Ltd.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Permits on file
- 595
- Phone
- (432) 682-5600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prime Operating Company |
| Production reports | Home Petroleum Corp.through Mar 2025 |
| Latest permit | Lobo Resources, Ltd.Dec 28, 1989 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 28, 1989
- last permit issued
- Feb 2, 1990
- completed
- 5.32K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 961K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 2, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonzo Benavides "E" G-4-138527 | EL Mesquite (5200) | Home Petroleum Corp. | 1 | 0 | 660K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Benavides, Alonzo "E" O-4-11693 | EL Mesquite (5200) | Prime Operating Company | 2 | 5.32K | 301K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2000 |
| — G-4-133831 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 5,713(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Lobo Resources, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
- 2Lobo Energy, Inc.Apr 1994 → Jun 1994
- 3Lobo Operating, Inc.Jul 1994 → Apr 1996
- 4Prime Operating CompanyMay 1996 → Jul 2015
- 5Home Petroleum Corp.Aug 2015 → Mar 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368078-99 | Drill | Lobo Resources, Ltd. | Dec 28, 1989 | Dec 28, 1989 | — | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-133831 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-4-138527 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-4-11693 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 658 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| JacksonJACKSON (COLE) | 2,160 | -1,502 |
| YeguaYEGUA (PETTUS) | 3,410 | -2,752 |
| Cook Mountain | 4,938 | -4,280 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,081 | 5,093 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,288 | 12.25 | 440 S |
| 4.5 | 5,310 | 7.625 | 380 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 8, 1991 | Jun 21, 1991 | — |
| 00 | Jul 5, 1991 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 12, 1990 | Apr 25, 1990 | — |
| 00 | May 9, 1990 | — | — |
| 00 | Apr 17, 1990 | Feb 16, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 7, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-131-37304 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-131-37304 → 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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