Well 5, VELA-SMITH GAS UNIT, Zapata County, Texas
API 50532821 — recorded on 1 lease.
Well API 50532821 is recorded on the VELA-SMITH GAS UNIT lease in Zapata County, Texas, operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY. The state files a total depth of 9,950 ft, a last completion filed Aug 20 2003 and 1 drilling permit. The state holds no plugging record for it.
Leases
| Lease | Well no. | Operator | Field | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VELA-SMITH GAS UNIT | 5 | MERIT ENERGY COMPANY | ROLETA (WILCOX CONSOLIDATED) | Off |
The hole
- Total depth
- 9,950 ft
- Casing strings
- 6
- Deepest casing
- 7,348 ft
- Survey
- JOSE TABARES, POR, 27
- Abstract
- 95
- Block / section
- not filed
- Plugging records
- not filed
- Bottom hole location
- 26.78864, -99.17608
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.
| Permit | Issued | Type | Lease | Depth | Spud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 391023 | Sep 5 1991 | Drill | VELA-SMITH GAS UNITno. 5 | 10,450 ft | Nov 29 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.