WELL · 42-441-33196 · DISTRICT 7
Compton #3
Taylor County · Lew Gray field · Vertical
Compton #3 (API 42-441-33196) is a plugged well in Taylor County, plugged November 14, 2001, last operated by Benson & Schoen Oil CO. Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 13, 1987, permitted to 4,800 ft.
It was permitted by Davis Brothers and has since transferred to Benson & Schoen Oil CO. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Saddle Creek, T/Saddle Creek, Home Creek, T/Home Creek.
Its lease has reported 26.3K barrels of oil and 160K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2001. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Davis Brothers; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 6, 2012 · 40 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Benson & Schoen Oil Co. Inc. |
| Production reports | Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc.through Oct 2001 |
| Latest permit | Davis BrothersFeb 13, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,800
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 13, 1987
- last permit issued
- Apr 12, 1987
- completed
- 26.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 160K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 12, 1987
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 14, 2001
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; they carry 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton O-8-24841 | Lew (Upper Gray) | Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc. | 7 | 26.3K | 160K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2001 |
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.
- 1Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326438-98 | Field transfer | Davis Brothers | Apr 4, 1988 | Feb 13, 1987 | — | 4,084 |
| 326438-99 | Drill | Davis Brothers | Feb 11, 1987 | Feb 13, 1987 | — | 4,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-24841 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,951 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Saddle Creek | 1,798 | 153 |
| T/Saddle Creek | 1,798 | 153 |
| Home Creek | 2,660 | -709 |
| T/Home Creek | 2,660 | -709 |
| Palo Pinto | 3,138 | -1,187 |
| T/Palo Pinto | 3,138 | -1,187 |
| Gardner Lime | 3,885 | -1,934 |
| T/Gardner Lime | 3,885 | -1,934 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,984 | 3,988 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 118 | 11 | 75 S |
| 4.5 | 4,083 | 7.875 | 275 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 | Jun 3, 1988 | May 17, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 23, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 18, 1987 | May 12, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | May 21, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-441-33196 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-441-33196 → 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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