TEXAS · WELLS · LIVE OAK COUNTY · BENHAM GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-297-34546 · DISTRICT 02
Benham Gas Unit #5
Live Oak County · Pawnee (Edwards) field · Producing · Horizontal
Benham Gas Unit #5 (API 42-297-34546) is a horizontal well in Live Oak County operated by Blackbrush O & G LLC, completed September 10, 2004 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 16, 2004, permitted to 13,899 ft.
It was permitted by Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. and has since transferred to Blackbrush O & G LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Edwards.
Its lease has reported 2.81M mcf of gas since September 2004, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 16, 2025
- Permits on file
- 339
- Phone
- (210) 495-5577
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Blackbrush O & G LLC |
| Production reports | Blackbrush O & G, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Feb 19, 2004 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,899
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 19, 2004
- last permit issued
- Sep 10, 2004
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.81M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2004 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 10, 2004
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benham Gas Unit G-2-212330 | Pawnee (Edwards) | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 1 | 0 | 2.81M | Sep 2004 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 33,424 · prior 12 43,491(-23%)
Wells named Benham Gas Unit
Blackbrush O & G LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Live Oak County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Sep 2004 → Sep 2019
- 2Ensign Operating LLCOct 2019 → Sep 2022
- 3BB-Southtex, LLCOct 2022 → Aug 2024
- 4Blackbrush O & G, LLCSep 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540432-99 | Drill | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Jan 7, 2004 | Feb 19, 2004 | Feb 12, 2004 | 16,650 |
| 540432-98 | Drill | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Jan 16, 2004 | Jan 16, 2004 | Feb 12, 2004 | 16,650 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2004 | Benham Gas Unit G-2-212330 | Pawnee (Edwards) | Blackbrush O & G LLC | Producing | 13,899 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 22 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards | 13,761 | -13,739 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 13,692 | 16,425 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,790 | 12.25 | 1,380 S |
| 5.5 | 13,908 | 8.75 | 775 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 14, 2006 | Sep 24, 2004 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 29, 2005 | — | — |
Well logs
2 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jan 3, 2008. Density, Gamma ray, Neutron, 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.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combination: Resistivity/Neutron Density PorosityARRAY INDUCTION GR HOSTILE LITHO DENSITY CNL TRUE VERTICAL DEPTH LOGSpans Edwards | TIFF | 3,786 to 13,808 | Jan 3, 2008run Mar 2, 2004 | — |
| Combination: Resistivity/Neutron Density PorosityARRAY INDUCTION GR HOSTILE LITHO DENSITY COMPENSATED NEUTRONSpans Edwards | TIFF | 3,786 to 13,946 | Jan 3, 2008run Mar 2, 2004 | — |
"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.
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 42-297-34546 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-297-34546 → 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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