Oil and gas leases in Zapata County — page 13

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 13 of 23

  • BENAVIDES, J. G. GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 756 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 756 thousand reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 756 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 755 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 755 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 755 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 754 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, Cody Energy LLC, Zapata County, 753 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, ABEL — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 753 thousand reported
  • BERNARDO GAS UNIT — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 752 thousand reported
  • LFT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 752 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES STATE GU A — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 751 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 751 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, R.A. GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 751 thousand reported
  • GUERRA-RAYMOND GAS UNIT — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 750 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, S.G. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 749 thousand reported
  • GUERRA "L" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 749 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES TRUST — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 747 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 747 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 747 thousand reported
  • SANCHEZ- MCMURREY — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 744 thousand reported
  • VELA — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 744 thousand reported
  • R.M.T. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 744 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 743 thousand reported
  • BARROCITO, B. M. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 743 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 741 thousand reported
  • BMT MARTIN A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 740 thousand reported
  • MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 740 thousand reported
  • VELA ESTATE — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 740 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH "A" — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 739 thousand reported
  • URIBE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 739 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, JOSEFA — gas, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., Zapata County, 739 thousand reported
  • VASQUEZ, DELIA M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 738 thousand reported
  • HAYNES "B" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 737 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 737 thousand reported
  • M.L.S.I., MARSHALL, S.G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 737 thousand reported
  • E. E. GUTIERREZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 736 thousand reported
  • VELA, SERAPIO HEIRS GU C LSE — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 736 thousand reported
  • HAYNES "A" — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 735 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, E. E. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 734 thousand reported
  • GARZA, LAURO — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 734 thousand reported
  • HINNANT HEIRS — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 733 thousand reported
  • HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 733 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 731 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 731 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, BELIA R. "C" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 731 thousand reported
  • URIBE, S. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 730 thousand reported
  • LAS AVISPAS RANCH 40 — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 729 thousand reported
  • EDWARD CASSIN A — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 729 thousand reported
  • VASQUEZ - URIBE "A" GAS UNIT — gas, Torch Operating Company, Zapata County, 728 thousand reported
  • CASSIN, EDWARD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 728 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 728 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 727 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, R. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 726 thousand reported
  • URIBE — gas, Frost, Kenneth Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 726 thousand reported
  • GARZA, A. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 725 thousand reported
  • VELA - GUERRA UNIT — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 725 thousand reported
  • GUERRA L — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 724 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, Hunt, WM. Herbert, Trust Est., Zapata County, 724 thousand reported
  • IRENE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 723 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 722 thousand reported
  • SAN FERNANDO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 722 thousand reported
  • BMT K&H — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 721 thousand reported
  • EL MILAGRO "B" — gas, L.O.G. Energy Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 721 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 720 thousand reported
  • ZACHRY — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 720 thousand reported
  • BRUNI MINERAL TRUST 15 — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 720 thousand reported
  • LOPEZ, J. M. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 720 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 719 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR, MARIA — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 718 thousand reported
  • SWANTNER,G.R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 718 thousand reported
  • URIBE, ROGELIO "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 718 thousand reported
  • EL PATON — gas, Thorp Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 718 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 717 thousand reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 716 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Atasca Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 714 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 713 thousand reported
  • MUZZA, G. P. — gas, Shell Western E&P Inc., Zapata County, 713 thousand reported
  • BUSTAMANTE G. U. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 713 thousand reported
  • GARZA — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 712 thousand reported
  • AMARGOSO GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 712 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 712 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Pennzenergy Exp. & Prod., L.L.C., Zapata County, 711 thousand reported
  • LOZANO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 709 thousand reported
  • VASQUEZ-URIBE "A" GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 709 thousand reported
  • ROY JENNINGS — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 709 thousand reported
  • WHITTIER — gas, Legend Natural Gas II, LP, Zapata County, 708 thousand reported
  • DE LOS SANTOS — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 708 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, J. M. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 707 thousand reported
  • STATE TRACT M-99142 — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 706 thousand reported
  • GARZA, A. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 706 thousand reported
  • RANCHITO "A" GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 705 thousand reported
  • EMILIANO VELA — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 704 thousand reported
  • DON JOSE LAND & CATTLE CO LTD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 704 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, BELIA R. "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 703 thousand reported
  • R.M.T. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 702 thousand reported
  • VILLERREAL — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 702 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 702 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 700 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 700 thousand reported
  • BRIONES, E. L. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 699 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 698 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE-LEO GAS UNIT — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 697 thousand reported
  • LAUREL, SERGIO — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 697 thousand reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 697 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 696 thousand reported
  • TOMAS GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 695 thousand reported
  • GUERRA "M" — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Zapata County, 695 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 695 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 695 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 695 thousand reported
  • SWANTNER, G. R. "A" — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 694 thousand reported
  • HAYNES "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 692 thousand reported
  • MUNOZ — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 692 thousand reported
  • GARZA — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 690 thousand reported
  • BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 690 thousand reported
  • LEO GAS UNIT — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 690 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 690 thousand reported
  • VELA, ADRIAN — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 688 thousand reported
  • HINNANT 613 — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 688 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 687 thousand reported
  • DASQUEZ, ROMEO J. — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 686 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, A. ET AL GAS UNIT — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 686 thousand reported
  • LEYENDECKER, G. L. — gas, Shell Western E&P, Zapata County, 686 thousand reported
  • WHITTIER — gas, United Resources LP, Zapata County, 685 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 684 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA B1 — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 684 thousand reported
  • GUERRA, AVELINO — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Zapata County, 684 thousand reported
  • LAUREL, F. D. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 684 thousand reported
  • BRUNI ESTATE — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 684 thousand reported
  • MCMURREY, WILLIAM — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 683 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER, MAUREEN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 683 thousand reported
  • BOWERS TRUST — gas, Thorp Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 682 thousand reported
  • SERAFIN — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 681 thousand reported
  • VELA, SERAPIO HEIRS GU "D" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 681 thousand reported
  • DON JOSE GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 681 thousand reported
  • LAUREL, O. M. ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 680 thousand reported
  • SANCHEZ-SAN FERNANDO MIN. GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 679 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE-LEO GAS UNIT — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 678 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 678 thousand reported
  • NEEL, BESS — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 677 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR, J.V. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 677 thousand reported
  • RMT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 676 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 675 thousand reported
  • IRENE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 674 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 674 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, E.T. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 673 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 673 thousand reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 673 thousand reported
  • GARZA — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 673 thousand reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 672 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ MINERAL TRUST A — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 671 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 670 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, JUAN G. — gas, Tepee Petroleum Co., Inc., Zapata County, 670 thousand reported
  • TREVINO, ALBERT B — gas, Merit Energy Company, Zapata County, 670 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 669 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 669 thousand reported
  • HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 668 thousand reported
  • DOMINGUEZ ET AL — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 667 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, ANTONIO ET AL UNIT — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 667 thousand reported
  • RAMON — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 667 thousand reported
  • DELOZEIS "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 666 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ MINERALS — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 665 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, ROY — gas, Laredo Energy, LP, Zapata County, 665 thousand reported
  • URIBE, AURELIANO HEIRS — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 664 thousand reported
  • VERGARA, G. B. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 664 thousand reported
  • VELA ESTATE — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 664 thousand reported
  • SAN MARTIN — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 664 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, FEDERICO — gas, Midpar L.P., Zapata County, 663 thousand reported
  • DOMINGUEZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 662 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, ANTONIO ET AL "B" — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 661 thousand reported
  • HAYNES "D" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 661 thousand reported
  • BRUNI, L. E. — gas, Pintail Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 661 thousand reported
  • BUSTAMANTE GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 660 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 659 thousand reported
  • SOLIS — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 659 thousand reported
  • LOPEZ, H. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 659 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 659 thousand reported
  • URIBE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 659 thousand reported
  • ERM — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 657 thousand reported
  • URIBE — gas, Eagle Oil & Gas Co., Zapata County, 656 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 656 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, E.T. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 656 thousand reported
  • VELA, SERAPIO HEIRS "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 655 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 654 thousand reported
  • BMT MARTIN A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 653 thousand reported
  • JUAN RAMIREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 652 thousand reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 651 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 651 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, MERCUIRO — gas, Wagner Oil Company, Zapata County, 651 thousand reported
  • BRUNI MINERAL TRUST — gas, Michael Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 651 thousand reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 651 thousand reported
  • J. O. D. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 650 thousand reported
  • STATE - CUATRO CATTLE COMPANY — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 650 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR "G" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 650 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 649 thousand reported
  • GARCIA-MALDONADO GAS UNIT — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 649 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 648 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 648 thousand reported
  • GUERRA — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 647 thousand 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.