TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · VELA ESTATE LEASE · API 42-505-31673 · DISTRICT 04
Vela Estate #2
Zapata County · Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Vela Estate #2 (API 42-505-31673) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed July 13, 1984 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2015.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 25, 1983, permitted to 8,507 ft.
It was permitted by Spg Exploration, Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Queen City, Reklaw, Wilcox.
Its lease has reported 1.11K barrels of oil and 664K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by SPG Exploration, Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- 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 Feb 2015 |
| Latest permit | SPG Exploration, Corp.May 25, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,507
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 25, 1983
- last permit issued
- Jul 13, 1984
- completed
- 1.11K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 664K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 13, 1984
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2015
- 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.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vela Estate G-4-111623 | Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 1.11K | 664K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2015 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amax Oil & Gas Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyApr 1994 → Jan 2001
- 3Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Apr 2002
- 4Legend Natural Gas, LPMay 2002 → May 2004
- 5Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Nov 2004 → Jul 2014
- 6Hilcorp Energy CompanySep 2014 → Feb 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196264-99 | Drill | SPG Exploration, Corp. | Jul 26, 1984 | May 25, 1983 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1984 | Vela Estate G-4-111623 | Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Mar 1, 2015 | 8,507 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 363 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City | 2,100 | -1,737 |
| Reklaw | 4,120 | -3,757 |
| Wilcox | 4,865 | -4,502 |
| WilcoxMIDDLE WILCOX | 5,273 | -4,910 |
| WilcoxLOWER WILCOX | 6,120 | -5,757 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,091 | 8,102 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 600 | 14.75 | 345 sx |
| 7.625 | 6,415 | 9.875 | 430 sx |
| 5 | 8,507 | 6.75 | 160 sx |
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 6, 1984 | Jul 25, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Aug 2, 1984 | Jul 25, 1984 | — |
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 42-505-31673 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-31673 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/50531673, documented in the API reference.