TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · VELA ESTATE LEASE · API 42-505-32646 · DISTRICT 04
Vela Estate #9
Zapata County · Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) field · Directional · Sidetrack
Vela Estate #9 (API 42-505-32646) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged October 20, 2025, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 23, 1990, permitted to 9,200 ft.
It was permitted by Amax Oil & Gas Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.6K barrels of oil and 2.13M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in February 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amax Oil & Gas Inc.; 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
- 3,454
- 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 2025 |
| Latest permit | Amax Oil & Gas Inc.Feb 23, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 23, 1990
- last permit issued
- Apr 12, 2006
- completed
- 3.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.13M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 12, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 20, 2025
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-4-135892 | Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 3.6K | 2.13M | Jan 1993 – Feb 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 4,172(-100%)
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 → Aug 2004
- 5Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Sep 2004 → Jul 2014
- 6Hilcorp Energy CompanySep 2014 → Feb 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 370175-99 | Drill · sidetrack | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Feb 23, 1990 | Feb 23, 1990 | — | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2006 | Vela Estate G-4-135892 | Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,820 | 8,242 | Perforated |
| 8,094 | 8,110 | Perforated |
| — | 8,242 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,020 | 14.75 | 680 S |
| 7.625 | 7,280 | 9.875 | 393 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 | Oct 17, 2007 | Jun 5, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Dec 7, 1990 | Sep 21, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 26, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-505-32646 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-32646 → 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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