TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · LA PERLA LEASE · API 42-505-32767 · DISTRICT 04

La Perla #140

Shut in

Zapata County · La Perla (Lobo Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Permitted field
La Perla Ranch (8900)
The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

La Perla #140 (API 42-505-32767) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed April 9, 1991 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2018.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 21, 1991, permitted to 10,100 ft.

It was permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Wilcox, Wills Point.

Its lease has reported 2.4K barrels of oil and 4.26M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

Permitted by Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 27, 2026
Permits on file
3,459
Phone
(713) 209-2400

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Nov 2018
Latest permitTransamerican Natural Gas Corp.Feb 21, 1991

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

10,100
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Feb 21, 1991
last permit issued
Apr 9, 1991
completed
2.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
4.26M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH NOV 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 9, 1991
Shut in
Dec 1, 2018
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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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
La Perla G-4-138006La Perla (Lobo Cons.)Hilcorp Energy Company12.4K4.26Mby Jan 1993 – Nov 2018

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

Wells named La Perla

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.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
  2. 2Transtexas Gas CorporationAug 1993 → May 1997
  3. 3Conoco Inc.Jun 1997 → Dec 2002
  4. 4Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Dec 2015
  5. 5Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2016 → Nov 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
384927-99DrillTransamerican Natural Gas Corp.Feb 21, 1991Feb 21, 1991Feb 28, 199110,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 9, 1991La Perla G-4-138006La Perla (Lobo Cons.)Hilcorp Energy CompanyTemp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 201810,100

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 437 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Wilcox4,050-3,613
WilcoxLOWER WILCOX6,050-5,613
Wills Point9,100-8,663

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,4738,584Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7575914.75530 S
77,2488.75265 S
3.58,8486.125355 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 16, 1991Apr 26, 1991Yes
00May 7, 1991——

The source documents

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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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