WELL · 42-479-34910 · DISTRICT 4

Benavides #1

Plugged

Webb County · Transport (Middle Wilcox) field · Vertical

Benavides #1 (API 42-479-34910) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged December 3, 1992, last operated by Cox Exploration Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 13, 1989, permitted to 13,000 ft.

It was permitted by Cox Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Cox Exploration Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox.

Operator of record

Cox Exploration Inc.

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

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 7, 2000 · 2 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Cox Exploration Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Cox Oil & Gas, Inc.Sep 13, 1989

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

13,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 13, 1989: last permit issued
Apr 5, 1991: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Apr 5, 1991
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 3, 1992

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
— G-4-134209	—	—	0	0	0	—

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
363703-98	Drill	Cox Oil & Gas, Inc.	Mar 20, 1990	Sep 13, 1989	—	13,000
363703-99	Drill	Cox Oil & Gas, Inc.	Sep 8, 1989	Sep 13, 1989	—	13,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-134209	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 789 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Queen City	5,650	-4,861
Wilcox	9,120	-8,331

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,522	9,528	Perforated
9,745	9,751	Perforated
11,654	11,660	Perforated
11,846	11,854	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	40	20	30 S
10.75	1,512	14.75	875 S
7.625	7,884	9.875	690 S
2.875	12,431	6.75	1,250 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
May 16, 1991	Apr 12, 1991	Yes
May 30, 1990	Mar 19, 1990	Yes
May 4, 1990	—	—

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 42-479-34910 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-479-34910 → 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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