TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · VAQUILLAS RANCH CO., LTD LEASE · API 42-479-34231 · DISTRICT 04
Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd #28
Webb County · Gato Creek (Lobo 1) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Gato Creek (Lobo 1) · Gato Creek (Lobo 3) · Gato Creek (9800)
- 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 CO. Ltd #28 (API 42-479-34231) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged September 12, 1995, last operated by Conoco Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 27, 1985, permitted to 12,500 ft.
It was permitted by Forest Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Conoco Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox, Lobo 1, Lobo 3.
Its lease has reported 57 barrels of oil and 19K 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 Forest Oil 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 Sep 1993 |
| Latest permit | Forest Oil Corp.Aug 27, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 27, 1985
- last permit issued
- Nov 5, 1985
- completed
- 57
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 19K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH SEP 1993
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 5, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 12, 1995
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.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 Co., Ltd G-4-119541 | Gato Creek (Lobo 1) | Conoco Inc. | 1 | 57 | 19K | by Jan 1993 – Sep 1993 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd
Conoco Inc.'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
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283320-99 | Drill | Forest Oil Corp. | Aug 26, 1985 | Aug 27, 1985 | Sep 6, 1985 | 12,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1985 | Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd G-4-119541 | Gato Creek (Lobo 1) | Conoco Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 541 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City | 2,850 | -2,309 |
| Wilcox | 5,350 | -4,809 |
| Lobo 1 | 9,150 | -8,609 |
| Lobo 3 | 9,400 | -8,859 |
| Lobo 6 | 9,950 | -9,409 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,293 | 9,322 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 530 | 17.5 | 590 S |
| 8.625 | 7,909 | 12.25 | 720 S |
| 5.5 | 10,500 | 7.875 | 475 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 | Jan 30, 1986 | Apr 8, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 15, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-479-34231 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-34231 → 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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