WELL · 42-409-30597 · DISTRICT 4

Ivey, Ben E. #3

Ivey, Ben E. #3 (API 42-409-30597) is a former disposal or injection well in San Patricio County, last operated by Reading & Bates Petroleum CO.; its UIC permit is no longer active.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 1980, permitted to 6,180 ft.

Operator of record

Reading & Bates Petroleum Co.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 3, 1992 · 40 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Reading & Bates Petroleum Co.Oct 27, 1980

6,180: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Oct 27, 1980: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
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 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
Ivey, B.E. G-4-81834	Midway, South (6050)	IV L.C.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Apr 2022

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
97091-99	Other	Reading & Bates Petroleum Co.	Oct 27, 1980	Oct 27, 1980	—	6,180
46333-99	Recompletion	RB Petroleum Co.	Apr 12, 1979	Apr 12, 1979	—	6,180

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-81834	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,480	4,510	Perforated
4,540	4,580	Perforated
6,039	6,046	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,487	12.25	620 S
8.625	1,493	12.25	620 S
2.375	5,998	—	—
4.5	6,793	7.875	500 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jun 21, 2006	Oct 24, 2005	—
Sep 15, 1986	Aug 25, 1986	—
Jan 12, 1984	Apr 11, 1979	—
Jan 12, 1984	Nov 1, 1976	—

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 42-409-30597 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-409-30597 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
2.39M: bbl, all reported
Nov 2021: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000060832	W-14 Disposal	Plugged Aug 8, 2022	0	2,240	4,480–4,580

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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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