TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · VAQUILLAS RANCH CO. LTD. LEASE · API 42-479-37142 · DISTRICT 04
Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd. #53
Webb County · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Producing · Vertical
Vaquillas Ranch CO. Ltd. #53 (API 42-479-37142) is a well in Webb County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed February 12, 1999 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 4, 1998, permitted to 9,800 ft.
It was permitted by Conoco Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Wilcox.
Its lease has reported 23.6K barrels of oil and 1.99M mcf of gas since February 1999, last reporting volume in 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
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Conoco Inc.Nov 4, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 4, 1998
- last permit issued
- Feb 12, 1999
- completed
- 23.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.99M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FEB 1999 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 12, 1999
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
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-4-172454 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 23.6K | 1.99M | Feb 1999 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,286 · prior 12 3,965(-17%)
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Conoco Inc.Feb 1999 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Dec 2015
- 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2016 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480604-99 | Drill | Conoco Inc. | Nov 2, 1998 | Nov 4, 1998 | Jan 15, 1999 | 10,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1999 | Vaquillas Ranch Co. Ltd. G-4-172454 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Producing | 9,800 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 411 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxBASE OF LOWER WILCOX | 8,860 | -8,449 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,260 | 9,275 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,892 | 12.25 | 619 S |
| 7 | 7,791 | 8.75 | 205 S |
| 2.875 | 9,785 | 6.25 | 340 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 | Apr 27, 1999 | Mar 31, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 15, 1999 | — | — |
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 42-479-37142 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-37142 → 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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