TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · VAQUILLAS RANCH G LEASE · API 42-479-33303 · DISTRICT 04
Vaquillas Ranch G #22
Webb County · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Barnsley (Lobo 10,900) · V-R (Walker)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Vaquillas Ranch G #22 (API 42-479-33303) is a well in Webb County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed August 23, 1985 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 1985, permitted to 12,700 ft.
It was permitted by Conoco Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Walkerstray, Walker, Lobo 6 (Wilcox).
Its lease has reported 737 barrels of oil and 797K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Conoco Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,459
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Sep 2019 |
| Latest permit | Conoco Inc.Aug 2, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,700
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Aug 2, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 23, 1985
- completed
- 737
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 797K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH SEP 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 23, 1985
- Shut in
- Oct 1, 2019
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
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Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaquillas Ranch G G-4-117915 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 737 | 797K | by Jan 1993 – Sep 2019 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Vaquillas Ranch G
Hilcorp Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Webb County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Hilcorp Energy Company | Jan 1, 2016 | today |
| Conocophillips Company | Jan 1, 2003 | Jan 1, 2016 |
| Conoco Inc. | Aug 23, 1985 | Jan 1, 2003 |
Reporting production
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Dec 2015
- 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2016 → Sep 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281540-99 | Recompletion | Conoco Inc. | Jul 26, 1985 | Aug 2, 1985 | — | 12,700 |
| 157083-99 | Drill | Conoco Inc. | Apr 19, 1982 | Apr 19, 1982 | Jun 8, 1982 | 12,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 1985 | Vaquillas Ranch G G-4-117915 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Oct 1, 2019 | 12,700 |
| Aug 24, 1982 | Vaquillas Ranch G G-4-102080 | Vaquillas Ranch (Wilcox 11 100) | Conoco Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 765 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Walkerstray | 10,934 | -10,169 |
| Walker | 11,070 | -10,305 |
| Lobo 6 (Wilcox) | 11,918 | -11,153 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,063 | 11,101 | Perforated |
| 11,962 | 12,064 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,142 | 17.5 | 1,030 S |
| 9.625 | 9,014 | 12.25 | 1,200 S |
| 2.875 | 11,750 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 12,693 | 8.5 | 2,940 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 | Sep 23, 1985 | Sep 4, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Sep 13, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 2, 1982 | — |
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 42-479-33303 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-33303 → 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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