TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · VAQUILLAS RANCH LEASE · API 42-479-37218 · DISTRICT 04
Vaquillas Ranch #177
Webb County · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Vertical
Vaquillas Ranch #177 (API 42-479-37218) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged June 3, 2026, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 22, 1999, 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 2 formation tops, including Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 27 barrels of oil and 1.33M mcf of gas since July 1999, 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
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Oct 2018 |
| Latest permit | Conoco Inc.Jan 22, 1999 |
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
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 22, 1999
- last permit issued
- Jul 1, 1999
- completed
- 27
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.33M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 1999 THROUGH OCT 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 1, 1999
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 3, 2026
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 G-4-173779 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 27 | 1.33M | Jul 1999 – Oct 2018 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Vaquillas Ranch
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.Jul 1999 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Dec 2015
- 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2016 → Oct 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482220-99 | Drill | Conoco Inc. | Jan 22, 1999 | Jan 22, 1999 | May 20, 1999 | 12,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1999 | Vaquillas Ranch G-4-173779 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 610 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxBASE OF LOWER WILCOX | 10,550 | -9,940 |
| Wills Point | 11,950 | -11,340 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,060 | 11,080 | Perforated |
| 11,662 | 11,826 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,566 | 12.25 | 799 S |
| 7 | 8,324 | 8.75 | 205 S |
| 4.5 | 12,088 | 6.25 | 375 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 | Aug 27, 1999 | Jul 29, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 12, 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 42-479-37218 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-37218 → 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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