WELL · 42-469-33070 · DISTRICT 2

Shelton Ben #4

Plugged

Victoria County · Placedo East (5375) field  · Vertical

Shelton Ben #4 (API 42-469-33070) is a plugged well in Victoria County, plugged October 26, 2001, last operated by Hart Petroleum Services Inc.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued November 23, 1994, permitted to 6,900 ft.

It was permitted by Anaqua Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Hart Petroleum Services Inc on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 38.1K barrels of oil and 68.9K mcf of gas since December 1994, last reporting in November 2001.

Operator of record

Hart Petroleum Services Inc

Permitted by Anaqua Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Corpus Christ, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Jan 23, 2025
Permits on file
146
Phone
(361) 887-6371

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHart Petroleum Services Inc
Production reportsHart Petroleum Services, Incthrough May 1999
Latest permitAnaqua Oil & Gas, Inc.Nov 23, 1994

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

6,900
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Nov 23, 1994
last permit issued
Dec 21, 1994
completed
38.1K
cumulative oil, bbl
68.9K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1994 THROUGH Nov 2001

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 21, 1994
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 26, 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Shelton, Ben O-2-8065Placedo, East (5375)Hart Petroleum Services, Inc138.1K68.9KDec 1994 – Nov 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. 1Anaqua Oil & Gas, Inc.Dec 1994 → Jul 1996
  2. 2Hart Petroleum Services, IncAug 1996 → May 1999

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
430334-98DrillAnaqua Oil & Gas, Inc.Apr 25, 1995Nov 23, 1994—6,900
430334-99DrillAnaqua Oil & Gas, Inc.Nov 23, 1994Nov 23, 1994Nov 26, 19946,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-2-8065————

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,3905,394Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62570012.25265 S
4.55,6857.87580 S
4.5—7.875300 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
00May 31, 1995Mar 23, 1995Yes
00May 8, 1995——

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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