TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · CUELLAR, J. V. LEASE · API 42-505-34866 · DISTRICT 04

Cuellar J. V. #8

Shut in

Zapata County · Wildcat field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical

Permitted field: La Rica (Wilcox, Lower); The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Cuellar J. V. #8 (API 42-505-34866) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed December 25, 2003 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2003.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 12, 2003, permitted to 10,756 ft.

It was permitted by Houston Exploration Company, The and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

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

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Hilcorp Energy Company
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Houston Exploration Company, TheNov 12, 2003

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

10,756: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Nov 12, 2003: last permit issued
Dec 25, 2003: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2003 THROUGH —

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 25, 2003
Shut in: Dec 1, 2003
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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Cuellar, J. V. G-4-202359	Wildcat	Hilcorp Energy Company	1	0	0	Dec 2003 – —

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
538469-99	Drill	Houston Exploration Company, The	Nov 12, 2003	Nov 12, 2003	Nov 28, 2003	10,756

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Dec 25, 2003	Cuellar J. V. G-4-202359	Wildcat	Hilcorp Energy Company	Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2003	10,756

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	50	17.75	85 S
10.75	753	14.75	530 S
7.625	6,599	9.875	400 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	Sep 2, 2004	May 24, 2004	Yes
00	Jul 23, 2004	—	—

Well logs

1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Aug 14, 2007. Density, Gamma ray, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.

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Logas described	Files	Intervalft, as filed	Datereceived	SizeMB
Combination: Resistivity/Neutron Density PorosityHIGH DEFINITION INDUCTION COMP. Z-DENSILOG COMP. NEUTRON GAMMA RAY LOG	TIFF	6,597 to 10,746	Aug 14, 2007run Dec 23, 2003	—

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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 42-505-34866 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-505-34866 → scanned completion filings

The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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