WELL · 42-505-35337 · DISTRICT 4

Leonardo #43

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

Leonardo #43 (API 42-505-35337) is a well in Zapata County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed December 23, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 25, 2005, permitted to 10,500 ft.

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

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Perdido Unconformity, Top Perdido A, Base Perdido A.

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
3,454
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 permitHouston Exploration Company, TheAug 25, 2005

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
1
permits on file
Aug 25, 2005
last permit issued
Dec 23, 2005
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
267K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2005 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 23, 2005
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)

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-4-216142Charco (9200)Hilcorp Energy Company10267KDec 2005 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 1,252 · prior 12 1,082(+16%)

0100200300202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Houston Exploration Company, TheDec 2005 → May 2007
  2. 2Forest Oil CorporationJul 2007 → Oct 2012
  3. 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2013 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
604225-99DrillHouston Exploration Company, TheAug 1, 2005Aug 25, 2005Dec 4, 200510,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-216142————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 435 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Perdido Unconformity9,131-8,696
Top Perdido A9,204-8,769
Base Perdido A9,316-8,881

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,2239,226Perforated
9,2789,289Perforated
9,2929,294Perforated
9,3129,315Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62576712.25350 S
78,3938.75400 S
3.59,9376.25250 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. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 22, 2006Feb 9, 2006Yes
00Jun 2, 2006——

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 are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

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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