TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · BENAVIDES, B.R. "A" LEASE · API 42-505-32930 · DISTRICT 04
Benavides B.R. A #3
Zapata County · Jennings Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Vertical
Benavides B.R. A #3 (API 42-505-32930) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged September 27, 1999, last operated by Conoco Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 17, 1992, permitted to 13,000 ft.
It was permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Conoco Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 43 barrels of oil and 62.2K mcf of gas since February 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 1, 2011
- Permits on file
- 4,644
- Phone
- (281) 293-5562
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conoco Inc. |
| Production reports | Conoco Inc.through Nov 1998 |
| Latest permit | Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Sep 17, 1992 |
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
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 17, 1992
- last permit issued
- Feb 21, 1993
- completed
- 43
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 62.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1993 THROUGH Nov 1998
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 21, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 27, 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides, B.R. "A" G-4-144299 | Jennings Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Conoco Inc. | 1 | 43 | 62.2K | Feb 1993 – Nov 1998 |
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.
- 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Feb 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Transtexas Gas CorporationAug 1993 → May 1997
- 3Conoco Inc.Jun 1997 → Nov 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 403555-99 | Drill | Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. | Sep 17, 1992 | Sep 17, 1992 | Sep 28, 1992 | 13,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1993 | Benavides B.R. A G-4-144299 | Jennings Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Conoco Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 476 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 5,330 | -4,854 |
| WilcoxBASE/WILCOX | 7,800 | -7,324 |
| Wills Point | 12,775 | -12,299 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,731 | 12,518 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 735 | 14.75 | 530 S |
| 7 | 7,800 | 8.75 | 265 S |
| 4.5 | 12,976 | 6.125 | 510 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 | Apr 29, 1993 | Mar 9, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 15, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-505-32930 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-32930 → 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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