TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · VELA, SERAPIO HEIRS "B" LEASE · API 42-505-32185 · DISTRICT 04
Vela Serapio Heirs B #10
Zapata County · Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Roleta (6800) · Roleta (7483) · Roleta (7750) · Roleta (8150)
- 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.
Vela Serapio Heirs B #10 (API 42-505-32185) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed June 16, 1986 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 25, 1986, permitted to 9,232 ft.
It was permitted by Hng Oil Company 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 4.42K barrels of oil and 3.01M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by HNG Oil Company; 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 Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | HNG Oil CompanyMar 25, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,232
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 25, 1986
- last permit issued
- Jun 16, 1986
- completed
- 4.42K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.01M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 16, 1986
- 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 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, Serapio Heirs "B" G-4-121548 | Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 4.42K | 3.01M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 32,669 · prior 12 31,573(+3%)
Wells named Vela Serapio Heirs B
Hilcorp Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Zapata 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.
- 1Enron Oil & Gas CompanyJan 1993 → Mar 1995
- 2Conoco Inc.Apr 1995 → Dec 2002
- 3Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Dec 2015
- 4Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2016 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300329-99 | Drill | HNG Oil Company | Apr 23, 1986 | Mar 25, 1986 | May 15, 1986 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1986 | Vela Serapio Heirs B G-4-121548 | Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Producing | 9,232 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 314 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City | 2,705 | -2,391 |
| Wilcox | 5,171 | -4,857 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,851 | 8,879 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,009 | 12.25 | 360 S |
| 7 | 7,136 | 8.75 | 540 S |
| 4.5 | 9,210 | 6.25 | 285 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 | Jul 17, 1986 | Jul 3, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 11, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-505-32185 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-32185 → 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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