TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · LEONARDO LEASE · API 42-505-33400 · DISTRICT 04

Leonardo #12

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Zapata County · Charco (9200) field · Producing  · Vertical

Leonardo #12 (API 42-505-33400) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed April 17, 1996 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 12, 1996, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Wilcox.

Its lease has reported 6.18K barrels of oil and 5.91M mcf of gas since April 1996, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

Permitted by Transtexas Gas Corporation; 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 scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitTranstexas Gas CorporationFeb 12, 1996

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

10,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Feb 12, 1996
last permit issued
Apr 17, 1996
completed
6.18K
cumulative oil, bbl
5.91M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1996 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 17, 1996
Shut in
—
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.

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
Leonardo G-4-158464Charco (9200)Hilcorp Energy Company16.18K5.91MApr 1996 – Apr 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 39,073 · prior 12 40,468(-3%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Transtexas Gas CorporationApr 1996 → Jun 1996
  2. 2Houston Exploration Company, TheJul 1996 → Jun 2007
  3. 3Forest Oil CorporationJul 2007 → Dec 2012
  4. 4Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2013 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
444685-98DrillTranstexas Gas CorporationMay 29, 1996Feb 12, 1996Mar 9, 199610,500
444685-99DrillTranstexas Gas CorporationFeb 12, 1996Feb 12, 1996—10,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 17, 1996Leonardo G-4-158464Charco (9200)Hilcorp Energy CompanyProducing10,500

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 363 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Wilcox5,770-5,407
WilcoxLOWER WILCOX7,860-7,497

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,3409,470Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62575012.25348 S
78,1898.75305 S
4.510,4926.125360 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
00Aug 16, 1996May 29, 1996Yes
00Jun 13, 1996——

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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