TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · VAQUILLAS RANCH CO. LTD LEASE · API 42-479-35474 · DISTRICT 04

Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd #43

Shut in

Webb County · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Permitted field
Gato Creek (Lobo 1)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Vaquillas Ranch CO. Ltd #43 (API 42-479-35474) is a well in Webb County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed July 28, 1992 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2010.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 22, 1992, permitted to 10,000 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 Lobo Unconformity, Walker Sand, Wills Point.

Its lease has reported 3.72K barrels of oil and 522K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

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
3,458
Phone
(713) 209-2400

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Feb 2010
Latest permitConoco Inc.May 22, 1992

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

10,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 22, 1992
last permit issued
Jul 28, 1992
completed
3.72K
cumulative oil, bbl
522K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH FEB 2010

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 28, 1992
Shut in
Mar 1, 2010
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.

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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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd G-4-142099Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.)Hilcorp Energy Company13.72K522Kby Jan 1993 – Feb 2010

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Wells named Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd

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.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2002
  2. 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Feb 2010

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
399437-99DrillConoco Inc.May 19, 1992May 22, 1992Jun 15, 199210,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jul 28, 1992Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd G-4-142099Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.)Hilcorp Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Mar 1, 201010,000

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 587 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Lobo Unconformity8,790-8,203
Walker Sand9,160-8,573
Wills Point9,900-9,313

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,1629,184Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62551712.25200 S
77,8358.75283 S
2.87510,0006.125438 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
00Dec 15, 1992Oct 29, 1992—
00Sep 16, 1992Aug 7, 1992Yes
00Aug 28, 1992——

The source documents

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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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