Well 5, VELA "B", Zapata County, Texas

API 50532820 — recorded on 2 leases.

Well API 50532820 is recorded on the VELA "B" lease in Zapata County, Texas, operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY. The state files a total depth of 9,550 ft, a last completion filed Aug 12 1992 and 2 drilling permits. The state holds no plugging record for it.

No plugging record filedOn the RRC proration scheduleSave

Total depth

9,550 ft

Last completion

Aug 12 1992

as filed

Leases

1 with no page

Records

wellbore filings

Leases

Lease	Well no.	Operator	Field	Schedule
VELA "B"	5	MERIT ENERGY COMPANY	ROLETA (7483)	Off
VELA-SMITH GAS UNITno production filed	4	BRIDGE OIL PRODUCTION CO., INC.	ROLETA (8150)	On

The hole

Total depth: 9,550 ft
Casing strings: 6
Deepest casing: 9,545 ft
Survey: JOSE TABARES, POR, 27
Abstract: 95
Block / section: not filed
Plugging records: not filed
Bottom hole location: 26.78254, -99.18777

26.78254, -99.18777 · NAD83, as filed⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom

Drilling permits

From the Railroad Commission's drilling permit master — the application record, not a record of drilling. A permit is an application the Commission filed and numbered; the spud date is the only field here that says a hole was started. This file carries no approval status, so none is shown.

Permits

First issued

Aug 22 1991

to Apr 29 1992

With a spud date

last Jun 3 1992

Deepest permitted

9,550 ft

as applied for

Permit	Issued	Type	Lease	Depth	Spud
398816	Apr 29 1992	Recompletion	VELA-SMITH GAS UNITno. 4	8,900 ft	Jun 3 1992
391013	Aug 22 1991	Drill	VELA-SMITH GAS UNITno. 4	9,550 ft	Oct 15 1991

What the lease produced

Texas reports oil and gas by lease, never by wellbore, so this is the whole lease. Values are volume multiplied by the published monthly price, the same arithmetic the lease page shows in full.