WELL · 42-503-38596 · DISTRICT 9
Benson SMJ #4
Young County · Young County Regular field · Vertical
Benson Smj #4 (API 42-503-38596) is a well in Young County operated by Shearer Oil Company, completed March 2, 1985.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 29, 1985, permitted to 1,000 ft.
It was permitted by Hays & Boydston and has since transferred to Shearer Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Gunsight.
Its 2 leases have reported 43.8K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 14 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hays & Boydston; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Graham, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 5, 2002
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Shearer Oil Company |
| Production reports | Craig, Carlthrough Apr 2025 |
| Latest permit | Hays & BoydstonJan 29, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 29, 1985
- last permit issued
- Mar 2, 1985
- completed
- 43.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 2, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 14 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson SMJ "A" O-13-7420 | Young County Regular | Craig, Carl | 14 | 43.8K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| — O-13-20152 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 14(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Shearer Oil CompanyJan 1993 → May 2002
- 2Scan Gas, Inc.Jun 2002 → Apr 2004
- 3Hays, John H.May 2004 → Mar 2011
- 4J & D ServicesApr 2011 → Feb 2017
- 5Craig, CarlMar 2017 → Apr 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265457-99 | Drill | Hays & Boydston | Jan 29, 1985 | Jan 29, 1985 | — | 1,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-13-7420 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-13-20152 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 889 | 896 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 951 | 7.875 | 190 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 | Jul 7, 1992 | May 8, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jun 10, 1985 | May 8, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jun 6, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-503-38596 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-503-38596 → 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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