TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · CUELLAR, MARIA LEASE · API 42-505-33204 · DISTRICT 04
Cuellar Maria #5
Zapata County · Francisco (2100) field · Vertical
Cuellar Maria #5 (API 42-505-33204) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged May 7, 2020, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued June 15, 1994, permitted to 2,250 ft.
It was permitted by Houston Exploration Company, The and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Wilcox.
Its lease has reported 16.5K mcf of gas since July 1994, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Houston Exploration Company, The; 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 Sep 1994 |
| Latest permit | Houston Exploration Company, TheJun 15, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,250
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 15, 1994
- last permit issued
- Jul 8, 1994
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 16.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 1994 THROUGH SEP 1994
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 8, 1994
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 7, 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuellar, Maria G-4-150581 | Francisco (2100) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 16.5K | Jul 1994 – Sep 1994 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Cuellar Maria
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.
- 1Transtexas Gas CorporationJul 1994 → Sep 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424898-97 | Drill | Houston Exploration Company, The | Dec 15, 2004 | Jun 15, 1994 | — | 2,250 |
| 424898-99 | Drill | Transtexas Gas Corporation | Jun 15, 1994 | Jun 15, 1994 | Jun 28, 1994 | 2,250 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1994 | Cuellar Maria G-4-150581 | Francisco (2100) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 456 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,068 | 2,088 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 403 | 8.75 | 110 S |
| 2.875 | 2,240 | 6.125 | 280 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 4, 1994 | Jul 21, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 29, 1994 | — | — |
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 42-505-33204 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-33204 → 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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