WELL · 42-441-33236 · DISTRICT 7

Compton #4

Plugged

Taylor County  · Vertical

Compton #4 (API 42-441-33236) is a plugged well in Taylor County, plugged June 26, 1987, last operated by Davis Brothers.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1987 and 1989, permitted to 4,800 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including T/Saddle Creek, T/Home Creek, T/Palo Pinto, T/Gardner Lime.

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

Davis Brothers

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 1992 · 311 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsBenson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc.through Oct 2001
Latest permitDavis BrothersJan 11, 1989
4,800
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jan 11, 1989
last permit issued
—
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
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 26, 1987

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Compton O-8-24841Lew (Upper Gray)Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc.726.3K160KJan 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.

  1. 1Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 2001

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
355000-99ReenterDavis BrothersJan 9, 1989Jan 11, 1989—4,800
331328-99DrillDavis BrothersJun 8, 1987Jun 10, 1987—4,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-8-24841————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,905 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
T/Saddle Creek1,762143
T/Home Creek2,630-725
T/Palo Pinto3,102-1,197
T/Gardner Lime3,848-1,943

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,9503,956Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62513912.25100 S
4.54,0157.875250 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 17, 1989Mar 20, 1989Yes
00Apr 5, 1989——

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.

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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