TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · BENAVIDES, R. V. LEASE · API 42-479-31771 · DISTRICT 04
Benavides R. V. #6
Webb County · Laredo (Lobo) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Benavides R. V. #6 (API 42-479-31771) is a well in Webb County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed October 31, 1977 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2011.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 13, 1977, permitted to 7,160 ft.
It was permitted by Good Hope Refineries, Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.62K barrels of oil and 799K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Good Hope Refineries, 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 May 2013 |
| Latest permit | Good Hope Refineries, Inc.Jul 13, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,160
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 13, 1977
- last permit issued
- Oct 31, 1977
- completed
- 1.62K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 799K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH MAY 2013
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 31, 1977
- Shut in
- Nov 1, 2011
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides, R. V. G-4-73703 | Laredo (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 1.62K | 799K | by Jan 1993 – May 2013 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Benavides R. V.
Merit Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Webb County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Transtexas Gas CorporationAug 1993 → May 1996
- 3North Central Oil Corp.Jun 1996 → Dec 2005
- 4Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Jan 2008
- 5Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
- 6Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Oct 2011
- 7OXY USA Inc.May 2013 → May 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2897-99 | Drill | Good Hope Refineries, Inc. | Jul 13, 1977 | Jul 13, 1977 | Jul 21, 1977 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 1977 | Benavides R. V. G-4-73703 | Laredo (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Nov 1, 2011 | 7,160 |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,110 | 12.25 | 330 S |
| 7 | 5,152 | 8.5 | 300 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 18, 1977 | — |
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 42-479-31771 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-31771 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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