TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · EL GATO LEASE · API 42-479-39695 · DISTRICT 04
El Gato #32
Webb County · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Belle Jeffers, East (Lobo) · Big Cowboy (Lobo) · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.)
- 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.
El Gato #32 (API 42-479-39695) is a well in Webb County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed September 4, 2008 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 10, 2006, permitted to 9,100 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox.
Its lease has reported 591 barrels of oil and 81.8K mcf of gas since December 2006, last reporting volume in August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, 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 Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Nov 10, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 10, 2006
- last permit issued
- Sep 4, 2008
- completed
- 591
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 81.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · DEC 2006 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 4, 2008
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Gato G-4-224745 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 591 | 81.8K | Dec 2006 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 191 · prior 12 336(-43%)
Wells named El Gato
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.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Dec 2006 → Apr 2012
- 2Hilcorp Energy CompanyOct 2014 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 628779-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Nov 9, 2006 | Nov 10, 2006 | Nov 13, 2006 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2008 | El Gato G-4-224745 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Producing | 9,100 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 497 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City | 3,220 | -2,723 |
| Wilcox | 5,320 | -4,823 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,106 | 8,867 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 910 | 12.25 | 354 S |
| 7 | 7,698 | 8.75 | 300 S |
| 4.5 | 9,063 | 6.25 | 200 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 | Dec 22, 2008 | Oct 16, 2008 | — |
| 00 | May 4, 2007 | Feb 14, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 23, 2007 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 10, 2008. Gamma ray, Neutron, Resistivity, Sonic. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combination: Resistivity/Acoustic PorosityHIGH DEFINITION INDUCTION X-MULTIPOLE ARRAY ACOUSTILOG COMP. Z-DENSILOG COMP. NEUTRON GAMMA RAY LOGSpans Wilcox | TIFF | 7,696 to 9,102 | Apr 10, 2008run Nov 25, 2006 | — |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-479-39695 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-39695 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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