Oil and gas leases in Zapata County — page 10

Zapata County, Texas has 4,566 oil and gas leases with production on file at the Railroad Commission, all of them in Commission district 04. 37 of them are oil leases and 4,529 are gas leases. Between them they carry 5,021 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 1.7 million barrels of oil and 6.8 billion Mcf of gas. 167 operators file returns here. Every lease below has its own page with a decline-curve forecast and an estimate of what the whole lease is worth.

Key facts about Zapata County

How many oil and gas leases are in Zapata County?
Zapata County has 4,566 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
How much oil and gas has Zapata County produced?
Leases in Zapata County have reported 1,667,230 barrels of oil (bbl) and 6,766,844,568 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
How many operators are active in Zapata County?
167 operators file production returns for leases in Zapata County.
How much are mineral rights in Zapata County worth?
There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Zapata County is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 4,566 leases listed here has its own page with the full production history the operator reported, a decline-curve forecast, and an estimate of what a royalty interest in it is worth today.

Leases — page 10 of 23

  • EL MILAGRO "B" — gas, L.O.G. Energy Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • RMT 38 — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • HAYNES "B" — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • VELA, J. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • VIDAURRI, R. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • BENAVIDES "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • WHITTIER, L. ESTATE — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • FLORES, M. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GARZA, L. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GUERRA, RAUL — gas, Parker & Parsley Development L.P, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • LAUREL, F.D. "A" — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GARZA, L. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • LEONARDO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GALO — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • FLORES, L.G. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, R. — gas, Michael Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GUTIERREZ, J. M. "C" — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GUTIERREZ, E.E. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • BRUNI MINERAL TRUST A-B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • GARZA, A. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • SMITH, A.H. — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • VELENO — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • BENAVIDES TRUST — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • VERA, SERAPIO HEIRS G.U. D. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • LAUREL, O. M. ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • M. G. GARZA GAS UNIT — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • BERNARDO GAS UNIT — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • MUNOZ-GUTIERREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VILLARREAL — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BENAVIDES "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RAMON, BELIA ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BENAVIDES "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • THOMASMA — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUERRA, AVELINO — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MUNOZ-GUTIERREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA "A" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VIDAURRI, R. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • FLORES, L.G. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LAURO-ACELA MARTINEZ "B" GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • WELCH, ROBERT A. FOUNDATION — gas, Stivers Inc, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • CANALES — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ALEXANDER, MAUREEN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • COATES, GEORGE H. — gas, Stivers Inc, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VILLARREAL-GUTIERREZ UNIT — gas, BFD Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • EDC-LOPEZ — gas, Energy Development Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VELA, SERAPIO B — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VILLARREAL — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VERGARA — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ-RAMIREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GONZALEZ, ALEJANDRO ET AL — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ACELA — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Legend Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, R. — gas, Michael Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUTIERREZ, B. G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RAMIREZ, RAMIRO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, M. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • EL CLARENO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • EL PATON — gas, Thorp Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RAMIREZ-YZAGUIRRE GAS UNIT — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VELA, ANTONIO — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, A. UNIT — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JACOBA — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MANN, E. E. TRUST ETAL — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • DON JOSE LAND & CATTLE CO LTD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VELA ESTATE — gas, Legend Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RASH — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LAUREL, F. D. "A" — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, L. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • FLORES, L.G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • EUDOXIO MARTINEZ UNIT 1 — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SALINAS "A" — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • FLORES, L.G. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, E.T. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • CASSIN, E. W. ET AL — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GARZA, L. ESTATE OF ET AL — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SNAVELY GAS UNIT 5 — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • CARRILLO, O.P. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SANTA MARIA — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, B.M. — gas, Columbus Energy Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • RANGEL, B. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUERRA "L" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • FERNANDO MUNOZ G. U. — gas, Parker & Parsley Development L.P, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HAYNES "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, Cody Energy LLC, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • SCHROEDER, ALDA — gas, Stivers Inc, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUERRA, AVELINO — gas, Midpar L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUERRA, JTS — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ABELINO — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • HINNANT-FULBRIGHT "J" GAS UNIT — gas, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUTIERREZ, B. G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • FULBRIGHT, J. E. — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BMT K&H — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • CUELLAR, JUAN — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • J. O. D. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ESPERANZA — gas, El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • TALBERT, MM ESTATE — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • BOWERS TRUST — gas, Thorp Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • TREVINO, A. — gas, Shell Western E&P, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GARZA — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • TREVINO, J. B. — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MUNOZ — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • EL CLARENO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • VOLPE BROTHERS — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • AMOCO FEE — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ALEXANDER "A" — gas, L.O.G. Energy Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • CASSIN, EDWARD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GUERRA, RAUL — gas, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., Zapata County, 1.1 million reported
  • GALO — gas, United Resources LP, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • VELA, ADRIAN — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • ZAPATA TOWNSITE 4 GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • GARZA, L — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • PORRAS GAS UNIT — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • ZACHRY — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • KING, AL DR. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • BENAVIDES STATE GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • MORALES — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • BENAVIDES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • HAYNES-NORTH — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • GUERRA "L" — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • MARTINEZ, S. A — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • VILLARREAL — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • RANCHO NUEVO — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported
  • VOLPE BROTHERS — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.0 million reported

Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. Values shown on lease pages are estimates produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; they are not offers or appraisals.