WELL · 42-427-34716 · DISTRICT 4
Bentsen Tract IV #3
Starr County · Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) field · Producing · Vertical
Bentsen Tract IV #3 (API 42-427-34716) is a well in Starr County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 16, 2015 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 22, 2014, permitted to 12,000 ft.
It was permitted by Oxy USA Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Catahoula, Vicksburg, Cook Mountain, Jackson.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by OXY USA Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,049
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | OXY USA Inc.Oct 22, 2014 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 22, 2014
- last permit issued
- Jan 16, 2015
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.26M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2015 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 16, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 IV G-4-275926 | Hinde (Vicksburg Consolidated) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 4.26M | Jan 2015 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 77,998 · prior 12 83,297(-6%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1OXY USA Inc.Jan 2015 → Apr 2017
- 2Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 798859-99 | Drill | OXY USA Inc. | Oct 22, 2014 | Oct 22, 2014 | Dec 10, 2014 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-275926 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 376 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-FRIO - INJECTION/DISPO | 2,000 | -1,624 |
| VicksburgVICKSBURG - INJECTION/DISPOSAL; | 8,100 | -7,724 |
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-ANAHUAC - INJECTION/DI | — | — |
| Cook Mountain | — | — |
| JacksonJACKSON - INJECTION/DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE-LAGARTO-OAKVILLE - INJEC | — | — |
| Queen CityQUEEN CITY - INJECTION/DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Wilcox | — | — |
| Yegua | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,147 | 9,467 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,817 | 12.25 | 676 S |
| 7 | 7,874 | 8.75 | 564 S |
| 4.5 | 9,542 | 6.125 | 167 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 | Mar 9, 2015 | Feb 11, 2015 | Yes |
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 42-427-34716 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-427-34716 → 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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