WELL · 42-489-31174 · DISTRICT 4

Vaughan Ben #1

Plugged

Willacy County · Tordilla (M-50) field · Vertical

Vaughan Ben #1 (API 42-489-31174) is a plugged well in Willacy County, plugged March 13, 2012, last operated by Xto Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 26, 2007, permitted to 14,200 ft.

It was permitted by Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc. and has since transferred to Xto Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including L-27, M-10, M-50.

Operator of record

XTO Energy Inc.

Permitted by Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 16,153 permits on file · (832) 625-1100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	XTO Energy Inc.
Production reports	XTO Energy Inc.through Sep 2011
Latest permit	Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc.Apr 26, 2007

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

14,200: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 26, 2007: last permit issued
Jul 3, 2007: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
57.3K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2007 THROUGH Jun 2012

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 3, 2007
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 13, 2012

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
Vaughan, Ben G-4-228949	Tordilla (M-50)	XTO Energy Inc.	1	0	57.3K	Jul 2007 – Jun 2012

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.

1XTO Energy Inc.Jul 2007 → Sep 2011

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
637339-99	Drill	Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc.	Apr 18, 2007	Apr 26, 2007	May 17, 2007	14,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-228949	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 44 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
L-27	11,349	-11,305
M-10	12,465	-12,421
M-50	13,284	-13,240

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
13,651	13,661	Perforated
13,681	13,691	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,519	17.5	1,690 S
9.625	10,482	12.25	760 S
3.5	13,900	6.75	530 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	Aug 16, 2007	Aug 8, 2007	Yes
00	Aug 14, 2007	—	—

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 42-489-31174 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-489-31174 → 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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