WELL · 42-505-32040 · DISTRICT 4

Vela Estate #7

Plugged

Vela Estate #7 (API 42-505-32040) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged August 19, 1985, last operated by Spg Exploration, Corp..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1985 and 1988, permitted to 9,500 ft.

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

Operator of record

SPG Exploration, Corp.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 1992 · 62 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.through Dec 2004
Latest permit	SPG Exploration, Corp.Aug 9, 1988

9,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Aug 9, 1988: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
740K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 19, 1985

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-4-129418	Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated)	Hilcorp Energy Company	1	0	740K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.Sep 1993 → Mar 1994
2Union Pacific Resources CompanyApr 1994 → Jan 2001
3Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Apr 2002
4Legend Natural Gas, LPMay 2002 → Aug 2004
5Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Dec 2004 → Dec 2004

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
349806-99	Reenter	SPG Exploration, Corp.	Aug 5, 1988	Aug 9, 1988	—	9,500
269961-99	Drill	SPG Exploration, Corp.	Mar 18, 1985	Mar 19, 1985	Apr 16, 1985	9,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-129418	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 352 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Queen City	2,055	-1,703
Reklaw	4,110	-3,758
WilcoxUPPER WILCOX	4,850	-4,498
WilcoxMIDDLE WILCOX	5,260	-4,908
WilcoxLOWER WILCOX	6,110	-5,758

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,386	8,400	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	540	14.75	365 S
7.625	7,299	9.875	730 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 →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Feb 13, 1989	Nov 22, 1988	Yes
00	Jan 14, 1989	—	—

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 42-505-32040 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-505-32040 → 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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