TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · BENTSEN GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-215-33679 · DISTRICT 04

Bentsen Gas Unit #2

Shut in

Hidalgo County · Monte Christo (Frio Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical

Bentsen Gas Unit #2 (API 42-215-33679) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 17, 2007 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 2023.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued July 30, 2007, permitted to 9,710 ft.

It was permitted by El Paso E & P Company, L. P. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Frio.

Its lease has reported 6.48K barrels of oil and 1.63M mcf of gas since October 2007, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by El Paso E & P Company, L. P.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Dallas, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Nov 7, 2025
Permits on file: 1,049
Phone: (972) 701-8377

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Merit Energy Company
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Mar 2026
Latest permit	El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Jul 30, 2007

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

9,710: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 30, 2007: last permit issued
Oct 17, 2007: completed
6.48K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.63M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2007 THROUGH Mar 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 17, 2007
Shut in: Apr 1, 2023
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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
Bentsen Gas Unit G-4-233050	Monte Christo (Frio Cons.)	Merit Energy Company	1	6.48K	1.63M	Oct 2007 – Mar 2026

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.

1El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Oct 2007 → Jul 2012
2EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.Aug 2012 → Oct 2013
3Cantera Operating, LLCNov 2013 → Nov 2017
4Merit Energy CompanyDec 2017 → Mar 2023

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
642747-98	Drill	El Paso E & P Company, L. P.	Aug 30, 2007	Jul 30, 2007	Sep 27, 2007	11,200
642747-99	Drill	El Paso E & P Company, L. P.	Jul 18, 2007	Jul 30, 2007	—	11,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Oct 17, 2007	Bentsen Gas Unit G-4-233050	Monte Christo (Frio Cons.)	Merit Energy Company	Temp Abandoned · shut in Apr 1, 2023	9,710

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 172 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Frio	7,690	-7,518

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,422	8,505	Perforated
8,658	8,742	Perforated
8,810	8,852	Perforated
8,950	9,006	Perforated
9,102	9,118	Perforated
9,552	9,599	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	2,310	12.25	875 S
4.5	9,700	8.5	730 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

Suffix	RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Feb 19, 2008	Dec 17, 2007	Yes
00	Feb 13, 2008	—	—

Well logs

1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Dec 29, 2010. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.

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Logas described	Files	Intervalft, as filed	Datereceived	SizeMB
RESISTIVITYSpans Frio	TIFF	2,301 to 9,702	Dec 29, 2010run Oct 5, 2007	1.32

"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.

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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 42-215-33679 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-33679 → scanned completion filings

The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.

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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