WELL · 42-427-33918 · DISTRICT 4

Bentsen Bros. - State #12

Bentsen Bros. - State #12 (API 42-427-33918) is a permitted well in Starr County filed by Merit Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended twice) between 2005 and 2025, permitted to 19,500 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Vicksburg.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	OXY USA Inc.through Aug 2016
Latest permit	Merit Energy CompanyJan 9, 2025

19,500: total depth, ft
5: permits on file
Jan 9, 2025: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
848K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2006 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

Surface location

26.563976, -98.509573

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Starr County.

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 Bros. - State G-4-223349	Pantera (Rosa D-1)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	848K	Sep 2006 – Jul 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.

1Shell Western E&PSep 2006 → Apr 2010
2OXY USA Inc.May 2016 → Aug 2016

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
904745-99	Recompletion	Merit Energy Company	Dec 17, 2024	Jan 9, 2025	—	17,450
818479-99	Recompletion	OXY USA Inc.	Sep 14, 2016	Dec 16, 2016	—	17,450
611650-97	Drill	Shell Western E&P	Feb 24, 2006	Dec 28, 2005	Jan 2, 2006	19,500
611650-98	Drill	Shell Western E&P	Jan 23, 2006	Dec 28, 2005	Jan 2, 2006	16,500
611650-99	Drill	Shell Western E&P	Dec 28, 2005	Dec 28, 2005	—	10,400

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-223349	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 412 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG R	8,140	-7,728
VicksburgVICKSBURG S	8,890	-8,478
VicksburgVICKSBURG LVK	11,200	-10,788

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,980	11,012	Perforated
11,204	11,360	Perforated
17,260	17,300	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.625	1,515	17.5	1,035 S
10.75	2,568	14.75	1,049 S
9.625	7,350	12.25	680 S
7.625	9,244	9.875	445 S
2.875	9,893	8.5	76 S
4.5	11,830	6.75	405 S
5.5	17,390	8.5	665 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
Apr 14, 2007	Sep 28, 2006	Yes
Apr 9, 2007	Nov 8, 2006	Yes
Dec 19, 2006	—	—

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 42-427-33918 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-427-33918 → 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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Mulholland42-427-34671

3.9 KM · Rincon Petroleum Corporation · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)	500	-153
Catahoula	2,500	-2,153
Catahoula	3,500	-3,153
Vicksburg	5,700	-5,353
Yegua	—
Cook Mountain	—
Jackson	—
Queen City	—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

Yzaguirre42-427-32437

4.0 KM · Texas Independent Explor., Inc. · Section with this well →

Frio	4,300	-4,285
T2	5,320	-5,305
Vicksburg	6,150	-6,135
Same AS Before	—

Coates 55342-427-33282

4.1 KM · Texas Independent Explor., Inc. · Section with this well →

Frio	4,220	-3,883
Vicksburg	4,830	-4,493
First Rincon	5,930	-5,593
VX II	6,700	-6,363

Garza, A. M. State42-427-33303

4.4 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

VX S Upper	6,710	-6,276
VX V	7,028	-6,594
Vicksburg	7,270	-6,836
Vicksburgv	7,270	-6,836
VX W	7,567	-7,133

Slick Estate42-427-34805

4.6 KM · Royal Production Company, Inc. · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)	1,300	-879
Miocene (undifferentiated)	1,300	-879
Catahoula	3,470	-3,049
Catahoula	3,470	-3,049
Catahoula	3,760	-3,339
Catahoula	3,760	-3,339
Vicksburg	7,620	-7,199
Vicksburg	7,620	-7,199

13 TOPS · FIRST 8

Slick Estate42-427-34818

4.8 KM · Royal Production Company, Inc. · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)	1,300	-886
Catahoula	3,470	-3,056
Catahoula	4,180	-3,766
Vicksburg	5,250	-4,836
Cook Mountain	—
Jackson	—
Yegua	—
Queen City	—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

Garza, A. M. -State42-427-33746

5.0 KM · Shell Western E&P · Section with this well →

VX R	7,020	-6,589
VX U	7,070	-6,639
VX W	7,930	-7,499

Bentsen Tract I42-427-34786

5.2 KM · Merit Energy Company · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)	2,220	-1,852
Catahoula	4,000	-3,632
Catahoula	4,720	-4,352
Vicksburg	6,110	-5,742
Yegua	—
Jackson	—
Cook Mountain	—
Queen City	—

9 TOPS · FIRST 8

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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