WELL · 42-505-32600 · DISTRICT 4

Vela Estate #08

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Zapata County  · Vertical

Vela Estate #08 (API 42-505-32600) is a permitted well in Zapata County filed by Hilcorp Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1989 and 2020, permitted to 9,000 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including T. Wilcox, Wilcox, 7450' Sand, 1st Sand Series.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 26, 2026 · 3,454 permits on file · (713) 209-2411

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Jul 2020
Latest permitHilcorp Energy CompanyJul 17, 2020
9,000
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jul 17, 2020
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.72M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

26.751288, -99.213890

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Zapata County.

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Vela Estate G-4-133353Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated)Hilcorp Energy Company101.72MJan 1993 – Apr 2022

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.

  1. 1Amax Oil & Gas Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
  2. 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyApr 1994 → Jan 2001
  3. 3Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Apr 2002
  4. 4Legend Natural Gas, LPMay 2002 → Jul 2002
  5. 5Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 2006 → Aug 2014
  6. 6Hilcorp Energy CompanySep 2014 → Jul 2020

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
864262-99RecompletionHilcorp Energy CompanyJul 15, 2020Jul 17, 2020—8,690
364310-98DrillAmax Oil & Gas Inc.Nov 3, 1989Sep 27, 1989—9,000
364310-99DrillAmax Oil & Gas Inc.Sep 25, 1989Sep 27, 1989—9,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-133353————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 18 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
T. Wilcox4,880-4,862
Wilcox4,880-4,862
7450' Sand6,935-6,917
1ST Sand Series7,685-7,667
2ND Sand Series8,230-8,212
8150' Sand8,524-8,506

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,6908,560Perforated
8,5278,560Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7562514.5470 S
7.6257,2389.875610 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Feb 16, 2007Jun 9, 2006—
00Apr 26, 1990Mar 16, 1990—
00Mar 20, 1990Jan 12, 1990Yes
00Feb 16, 1990——

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.

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

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Saenz, J. T.42-505-33427

1.0 KM · Union Pacific Resources Company · Section with this well →

Queen City2,051-1,725
Reklaw4,297-3,971
Wilcox5,029-4,703
WILCOX63006,300-5,974
Miocene (undifferentiated)—
Jackson—
Cook Mountain—
Yegua—

Vela, Emiliano42-505-31248

1.6 KM · HNG Oil Company · Section with this well →

Queen City2,542-2,217
Wilcox4,850-4,525

Alexander42-505-33740

2.5 KM · Union Pacific Resources Company · Section with this well →

Queen City1,980-1,656
Recklaw4,100-3,776
Wilcox6,720-6,396

Gonzalez Benavides42-505-36625

10.1 KM · Vantage Operating, LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)1,960-1,612
Jackson2,243-1,895
Yegua2,350-2,002
Cook Mountain2,620-2,272
Queen City2,840-2,492
Wilcox—

Hal Lopeno42-505-36611

12.7 KM · Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLC · Section with this well →

Cook Mountain819-462
Queen City2,154-1,797
Jackson—
Yegua—
Wilcox—
Miocene (undifferentiated)—

Hal Lopeno42-505-36609

12.9 KM · Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLC · Section with this well →

Cook Mountain829-498
Queen City2,170-1,839
Jackson—
Miocene (undifferentiated)—
Wilcox—
Yegua—

Hal Lopeno42-505-36610

13.0 KM · Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLC · Section with this well →

Cook Mountain819-462
Queen City2,154-1,797
Yegua—
Wilcox—
Miocene (undifferentiated)—
Jackson—

Benavides Mineral Trusts42-505-36624

13.4 KM · Vantage Operating, LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)1,832-1,454
Jackson2,564-2,186
Queen City2,870-2,492
Yegua4,423-4,045
Cook Mountain4,752-4,374
Wilcox7,040-6,662

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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