OPERATORS · RRC 250197 · P-5 STATUS Y

EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P

Houston, TX

El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 25, 2010.

The RRC wellbore file lists 5 wells under its operatorship.

95 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2006; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 7, 2011.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 5 of record
7: leases it reports
—: horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

73%: spud rate · 69 of 95 mature permits
16: median days permit to spud · middle half 9–46
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
26: expired undrilled
24: permits a year over 4 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County	12 mo	All time	Wells	Last
Zapata county →	—	95	5	Jan 25, 2010

All 95 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

Formation	Wells	Permitted last 3 yrs
Queen City	7	0
Wilcox	3	0

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
0: bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

5: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
5: plugged

How it got them

3: permitted itself
2: acquired from others
62: permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	86
Recompletion	0	0	9

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

Field	Wells	Producing
Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated)77973050	2	0
Big Mac (6470)7948600	1	0
Cisco-Benavides (Lobo Cons.)18296225	1	0
Wildcat8001	1	0

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 7, 2011

Address: Attn Beth Atwood 1001 Louisiana St RM E2241A; Houston, TX 77002

Officers and agents: CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent; EL Paso South Texas E&P Co, LLC · General Partner; Smolik, Brent J. · President/Manager; Hart, Thomas M. · Vice President/Gen Counsel; Murray, Katherine A. · Vice President; Carrell, Clayton A. · Vice President; DE Pinho, Antonio J. · Vice President; Falleri, Frank W. · Vice President; All 14 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
690106	Jan 25, 2010	Jan 25, 2010	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Haynes "A" #13	16,500	50536139
688887	Dec 22, 2009	Dec 22, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #21	11,500	50536477
683341	Jul 23, 2009	Jul 23, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #24	11,500	50536454
683341	Jul 23, 2009	Jul 23, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #24ST	11,500	50536454
681745	Jun 3, 2009	Jun 3, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Benavides "A" #7	11,500	50536122
680864	May 28, 2009	May 28, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #20	11,100	50536432
680864	May 5, 2009	May 5, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #20	11,100	50536432
680429	Apr 22, 2009	Apr 22, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #19	10,600	50536428
679762	Mar 24, 2009	Mar 24, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Benavides "A" #20	10,300	50536416
678697	Mar 2, 2009	Mar 2, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #18	10,700	50536401
678163	Feb 4, 2009	Feb 4, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Benavides "A" #17	11,500	50536388
677738	Jan 27, 2009	Jan 27, 2009	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	EL Clareno #17	11,500	50536381
676395	Dec 22, 2008	Dec 22, 2008	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Barberio #2	12,500	50536368
675400	Dec 2, 2008	Dec 2, 2008	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Haynes "A" #20	15,000	50536353
670606	Nov 12, 2008	Nov 12, 2008	EL Paso E&P Zapata, L.P.	Zapata	Haynes "A" #17	16,500	50536302

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/250197, documented in the API reference.