TEXAS · WELLS · DUVAL COUNTY · VELA, LAZARD LEASE · API 42-131-38667 · DISTRICT 04

Vela Lazard #9

Shut in

Duval County · Jaboncillos (Yegua 4-Seg.b) field · Producing  · Vertical

Vela Lazard #9 (API 42-131-38667) is a well in Duval County operated by Welderxp Ltd., completed January 2, 2004 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2011.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 5, 2003, permitted to 8,127 ft.

It was permitted by Noble Energy Inc and has since transferred to Welderxp Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Bandera, Hockley, 2nd Hockley, Yegua.

Its lease has reported 12.9K barrels of oil and 1.15M mcf of gas since January 2004, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Welderxp Ltd.

Permitted by Noble Energy Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
San Antonio, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jan 29, 2026
Permits on file
14
Phone
(210) 354-1515

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleWelderxp Ltd.
Production reportsWelderxp Ltd.through Jun 2015
Latest permitNoble Energy IncNov 5, 2003

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

8,127
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Nov 5, 2003
last permit issued
Jan 2, 2004
completed
12.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.15M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2004 THROUGH Jun 2015

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 2, 2004
Shut in
Nov 1, 2011
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Vela, Lazard G-4-199662Jaboncillos (Yegua 4-Seg.b)Welderxp Ltd.112.9K1.15MJan 2004 – Jun 2015

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.

  1. 1Noble Energy IncJan 2004 → Oct 2011
  2. 2Hilcorp Energy CompanyAug 2014 → Jun 2015

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
538245-99DrillNoble Energy IncNov 5, 2003Nov 5, 2003Nov 20, 20038,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 2, 2004Vela Lazard G-4-199662Jaboncillos (Yegua 4-Seg.b)Welderxp Ltd.Producing · shut in Nov 1, 20118,127

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 274 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Bandera5,631-5,357
Hockley5,915-5,641
2ND Hockley6,050-5,776
YeguaYEGUA Y-47,283-7,009
YeguaYEGUA Y-27,639-7,365
YeguaYEGUA Y-17,868-7,594

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,2847,310Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,01013.5813 S
7.6256,4159.875240 S
4.58,1276.75265 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 31, 2004Jan 14, 2004Yes
00Mar 10, 2004——

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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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.

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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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