WELL · 42-163-32601 · DISTRICT 1

S&M Energy-Bennett Bros. #2

Plugged

Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal

S&M Energy-Bennett Bros. #2 (API 42-163-32601) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged December 14, 1994, last operated by Western Field Exploration Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued December 8, 1989, permitted to 7,100 ft.

It was permitted by Noble Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Western Field Exploration Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.

Operator of record

Western Field Exploration Inc.

Permitted by Noble Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Dilley, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2019

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Western Field Exploration Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Noble Energy, Inc.Dec 8, 1989

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,100: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Dec 8, 1989: last permit issued
Feb 16, 1990: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 16, 1990
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 14, 1994

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
S&M Energy-Bennett Bros. O-1-12431	Pearsall (Austin Chalk)	Western Field Exploration, Inc.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Aug 2003

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
367232-97	Drill	Noble Energy, Inc.	Mar 23, 1990	Dec 8, 1989	—	7,100
367232-98	Drill	Noble Energy, Inc.	Jan 9, 1990	Dec 8, 1989	—	7,100
367232-99	Drill	Noble Energy, Inc.	Dec 5, 1989	Dec 8, 1989	Jan 2, 1990	7,100

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-12431	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 530 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Austin Chalk	6,261	-5,731

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,918	7,474	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	687	14.75	460 S
7	6,046	9.875	1,260 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, 1990	Mar 12, 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 42-163-32601 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-163-32601 → 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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