WELL · 42-505-31783 · DISTRICT 4

Vela L. #1

Plugged

Zapata County · Comitas (8450) field · Vertical

Vela L. #1 (API 42-505-31783) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged March 28, 1991, last operated by Stone & Webster Oil Company Inc.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 2, 1984, permitted to 10,200 ft.

It was permitted by Enterprise Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to Stone & Webster Oil Company Inc on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Crockett, Queen City, Wilcox.

Operator of record

Stone & Webster Oil Company Inc

Permitted by Enterprise Resources, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 20, 2003 · 36 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Stone & Webster Oil Company Inc
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Enterprise Resources, Inc.Apr 2, 1984

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

10,200: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 2, 1984: last permit issued
Jul 6, 1984: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 6, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 28, 1991

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
— G-4-111680	—	—	0	0	0	—

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
234096-99	Drill	Enterprise Resources, Inc.	Mar 30, 1984	Apr 2, 1984	—	10,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-111680	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 412 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Crockett	2,370	-1,958
Queen City	3,216	-2,804
Wilcox	6,420	-6,008

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,448	8,458	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	937	14.75	480 S
7.625	6,206	9.875	410 S
4.5	8,618	6.75	320 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. About these reports →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jan 21, 1985	Oct 18, 1984	—
Aug 8, 1984	Jul 27, 1984	—
Aug 7, 1984	Jul 27, 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 42-505-31783 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-505-31783 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

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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