WELL · 42-427-30784 · DISTRICT 4

Bentsen "a" Tract III #3

Bentsen "A" Tract Iii #3 (API 42-427-30784) is a permitted well in Starr County filed by U.S. Energy, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1979, permitted to 11,106 ft.

Operator of record

U.S. Energy, Inc.

Farmers Brnch, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2009 · 41 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	U.S. Energy, Inc.Dec 6, 1979

11,106: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Dec 6, 1979: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
456K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

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
Bentsen Tract III -A- G-4-66943	Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	456K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 10,788 · prior 12 11,432(-6%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Southeast Producers, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2003
2Pyle Petroleum, Inc.Jan 2004 → Jan 2004
3Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2004 → Jun 2007
4Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Apr 2008
5Pogo Producing Company LLCMay 2008 → Aug 2011
6Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
7OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
8Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
65823-99	Recompletion	U.S. Energy, Inc.	Dec 6, 1979	Dec 6, 1979	—	11,106
19259-99	Recompletion	U.S. Energy, Inc.	Feb 28, 1978	Feb 28, 1978	—	11,106

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-66943	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,676	9,773	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,200	17.5	800 S
9.625	7,887	12.25	570 S
2.5	9,585	—	—
5.5	11,231	8.75	910 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	Jan 12, 1984	Apr 14, 1980	—

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 42-427-30784 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-30784 → 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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