WELL · 42-481-33572 · DISTRICT 3

Labay Ben F. #4

Plugged

Wharton County · Hutchins (4000) field · Vertical

Labay Ben F. #4 (API 42-481-33572) is a plugged well in Wharton County, plugged August 17, 1999, last operated by Hgi Corporation.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 3, 1992, permitted to 4,050 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.

Its lease has reported 4.21K barrels of oil and 22 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 1999. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Hgi Corporation

Nada, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 25 permits on file · (979) 332-8610

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Hgi Corporation
Production reports	Hgi Corporationthrough Aug 1999
Latest permit	Hgi CorporationJun 3, 1992

4,050: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jun 3, 1992: last permit issued
Nov 1, 1992: completed
4.21K: cumulative oil, bbl
22: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 1, 1992
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 17, 1999

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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Labay Ben F. O-3-10670	Hutchins (4000)	Hgi Corporation	2	4.21K	22	Jan 1993 – Dec 1999

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.

1Hgi CorporationJan 1993 → Aug 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
399214-99	Drill	Hgi Corporation	May 11, 1992	Jun 3, 1992	Aug 24, 1992	4,050

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-10670	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 126 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE	1	125
Frio	3,810	-3,684

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,931	3,937	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	428	12.25	160 S
5.5	4,008	7.875	160 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	Dec 1, 1992	Nov 5, 1992	Yes
00	Nov 13, 1992	—	—

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 42-481-33572 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-481-33572 → 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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