TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · FLORES, L. G. LEASE · API 42-505-33256 · DISTRICT 04
Flores L. G. #18
Zapata County · Haynes (Middle Wilcox Cons.) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Bustamante (Wilcox) · El Huerfano (10800)
- 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.
Flores L. G. #18 (API 42-505-33256) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed January 12, 1995 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in October 1, 2002.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 5, 1994, permitted to 11,700 ft.
It was permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, B/Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 9 barrels of oil and 308K mcf of gas since January 1995, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation; 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
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Aug 2005 |
| Latest permit | Transtexas Gas CorporationOct 5, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 5, 1994
- last permit issued
- Jan 12, 1995
- completed
- 9
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 308K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JAN 1995 THROUGH AUG 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 12, 1995
- Shut in
- Oct 1, 2002
- 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 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flores, L. G. G-4-152922 | Haynes (Middle Wilcox Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 9 | 308K | Jan 1995 – Aug 2005 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Flores L. G.
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 CorporationJan 1995 → Jun 1996
- 2Houston Exploration Company, TheJul 1996 → Aug 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 428789-99 | Drill | Transtexas Gas Corporation | Oct 5, 1994 | Oct 5, 1994 | Nov 11, 1994 | 11,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 1995 | Flores L. G. G-4-152922 | Haynes (Middle Wilcox Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Oct 1, 2002 | 11,700 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 365 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 6,500 | -6,135 |
| B/Wilcox | 8,750 | -8,385 |
| Wills Point | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,318 | 10,860 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 723 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 7 | 8,800 | 8.75 | 270 S |
| 2.875 | 11,663 | 6.125 | 560 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 | Apr 4, 1995 | Jan 24, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 2, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-505-33256 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-33256 → 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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