TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · API 42-427-31523 · DISTRICT 04

Bentsen Bros.-A- #6

Plugged

Starr County · La Copita (Vicksburg Lower) field · Vertical

Bentsen Bros.-A- #6 (API 42-427-31523) is a plugged well in Starr County, plugged November 8, 1988, last operated by Sun Exploration & Production CO..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1984, permitted to 11,500 ft.

It was permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Corpus and has since transferred to Sun Exploration & Production CO. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Sun Exploration & Production Co.

Permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Corpus; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Dallas, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Nov 23, 1988
Permits on file: 1,284
Phone: (214) 890-6205

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Sun Exploration & Production Co.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-CorpusSep 20, 1984

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

11,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 20, 1984: last permit issued
Nov 22, 1984: completed
—: cumulative oil, bbl
—: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 22, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 8, 1988

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.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
252119-99	Recompletion	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Corpus	Dec 12, 1984	Sep 20, 1984	—	11,000
114171-99	Drill	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Corpus	Apr 7, 1981	Apr 7, 1981	Apr 24, 1981	11,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Nov 22, 1984	Bentsen Bros.-A- G-4-114554	La Copita (Vicksburg Lower)	Sun Exploration & Production Co.	Plugged	—
May 1, 1982	Bentsen Bros A G-4-100816	Yzaguirre (9080)	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Corpus	Plugged	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,877	8,972	Perforated
9,080	9,222	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,580	17.5	1,710 S
2.875	8,969	—	—
9.625	9,066	12.25	1,330 S
7	10,320	8.5	350 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Feb 6, 1985	Dec 12, 1984	—
Feb 1, 1985	Dec 4, 1984	—
Jan 12, 1984	May 13, 1982	—

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 42-427-31523 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-31523 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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