TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · BENAVIDES TRUST LEASE · API 42-505-34606 · DISTRICT 04
Benavides Trust #2
Zapata County · Hundido (Lobo) field · Producing · Vertical
Benavides Trust #2 (API 42-505-34606) is a well in Zapata County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed February 22, 2003 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 11, 2002, permitted to 11,150 ft.
It was permitted by Pogo Producing CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Wilcox, 9300 Sand, Lobo Unconformity, In This Wellbore.
Its lease has reported 169 barrels of oil and 1.16M mcf of gas since February 2003, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Pogo Producing Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 1,049
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Pogo Producing Co.Sep 11, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,150
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 11, 2002
- last permit issued
- Feb 22, 2003
- completed
- 169
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.16M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2003 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 22, 2003
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 Trust G-4-193287 | Hundido (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 169 | 1.16M | Feb 2003 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 5,566 · prior 12 9,208(-40%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Pogo Producing CompanyFeb 2003 → Jan 2008
- 2Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Aug 2011
- 3Plains Exploration & Prod. Co.Sep 2011 → Feb 2012
- 4OXY USA Inc.Mar 2012 → Apr 2017
- 5Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523464-99 | Drill | Pogo Producing Co. | Sep 6, 2002 | Sep 11, 2002 | Dec 29, 2002 | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2003 | Benavides Trust G-4-193287 | Hundido (Lobo) | Merit Energy Company | Producing | 11,150 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 440 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxTOP OF WILCOX | 5,028 | -4,588 |
| 9300 Sand | 9,660 | -9,220 |
| Lobo Unconformity | 9,920 | -9,480 |
| In This Wellbore | — | — |
| Note:wills Point Not Penetrated | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,984 | 9,998 | Perforated |
| 10,360 | 10,380 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 554 | 12.25 | 285 S |
| 7 | 7,695 | 8.75 | 320 S |
| 4.5 | 11,140 | 6.25 | 360 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 10, 2003 | Mar 3, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 14, 2003 | — | — |
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 42-505-34606 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-34606 → 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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