Oil and gas leases in Zapata County — page 14

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 14 of 23

  • ALEXANDER — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 647 thousand reported
  • SALDIVAR — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 645 thousand reported
  • GABRIEL FLORES — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 645 thousand reported
  • ZACHRY — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 645 thousand reported
  • ZAPATA TOWNSITE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 644 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Westport Oil And Gas Company, LP, Zapata County, 642 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 641 thousand reported
  • LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 641 thousand reported
  • SIETE VELAS — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 641 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR "G" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 640 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 639 thousand reported
  • MUNOZ, FERNANDO — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 639 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 638 thousand reported
  • VELA, SERAPIO HEIRS "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 637 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 637 thousand reported
  • JUANA NCT — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 637 thousand reported
  • 7A INVESTMENTS LTD. GU — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • DELOZEIS "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • RAMON — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, Hunt, WM. Herbert, Trust Est., Zapata County, 636 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA "A" — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 635 thousand reported
  • GARZA, A. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 634 thousand reported
  • VIDAURRI, R. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 634 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 632 thousand reported
  • BRUNI MINERAL TRUST A-A — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 632 thousand reported
  • LA SOLEDAD — gas, Legend Natural Gas II, LP, Zapata County, 632 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH B — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 631 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 631 thousand reported
  • VELA "B" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 629 thousand reported
  • LUNDELL B — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 628 thousand reported
  • GARZA — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 627 thousand reported
  • STATE CUATRO CATTLE "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 627 thousand reported
  • VERGARA, G. B. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 626 thousand reported
  • GARZA, L. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 626 thousand reported
  • MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 626 thousand reported
  • LAUREL, O. M. ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 625 thousand reported
  • LEONARDO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 624 thousand reported
  • EL REFUGIO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 624 thousand reported
  • SANTA MARIA MINERALS — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 624 thousand reported
  • VOLPE, FLORA E. G. DE UNIT — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Zapata County, 624 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 624 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 623 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 623 thousand reported
  • VELA GAS UNIT — gas, Edwards, Gus Co., Zapata County, 621 thousand reported
  • GARZA, LAURO — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 621 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 621 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 621 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 620 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 620 thousand reported
  • LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 620 thousand reported
  • WHITTIER, L. ESTATE — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 620 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 620 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, J. M. B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 618 thousand reported
  • LAUREL, O. M. ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 618 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, Cody Energy LLC, Zapata County, 617 thousand reported
  • HAYNES "D" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 617 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 614 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER, MAUREEN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 613 thousand reported
  • LOPEZ — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 613 thousand reported
  • SERNA, DONATO — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 612 thousand reported
  • FLORES-CALICHE RANCH 37 — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 611 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, JOSE EST. E — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 611 thousand reported
  • EL CLARENO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 610 thousand reported
  • GONZALEZ BENAVIDES — gas, Vantage Operating, LLC, Zapata County, 609 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, HIGINIO JR. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 609 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 608 thousand reported
  • VELA CUELLAR, J. GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 608 thousand reported
  • VELAS, SIETE — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Zapata County, 608 thousand reported
  • VELA, G. O. ET AL "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 607 thousand reported
  • DON JOSE LAND & CATTLE CO LTD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 607 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Smith Production Inc., Zapata County, 606 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Zapata County, 606 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 605 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 605 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 605 thousand reported
  • GUERRA "M" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 604 thousand reported
  • SNAVELY GAS UNIT 6 — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 604 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, ROY — gas, Laredo Energy, LP, Zapata County, 604 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 604 thousand reported
  • HINNANT 307 "C" — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 603 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 603 thousand reported
  • RANCHO NUEVO — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 602 thousand reported
  • MUNOZ — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 602 thousand reported
  • DOMINGUEZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 602 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 601 thousand reported
  • ACELA SAN CRISTOBAL — gas, Paladar Investments I, L.L.C., Zapata County, 600 thousand reported
  • EL EBANITO — gas, Mustang Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 599 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Westport Oil And Gas Company, LP, Zapata County, 598 thousand reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 598 thousand reported
  • HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 598 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 597 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 597 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 596 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, E.C. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 596 thousand reported
  • I. C. URIBE GU — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 596 thousand reported
  • VOLPE, RAUL HEIRS — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 595 thousand reported
  • P. GONZALES GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 595 thousand reported
  • CASSIN, EDWARD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 595 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 594 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 594 thousand reported
  • MARTIN, J. C. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 594 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, E.T. — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 592 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ CHILDREN TRUST FUND — gas, L.O.G. Energy Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 592 thousand reported
  • DE GARCIA HEIRS — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 592 thousand reported
  • RANGEL — gas, Merit Energy Company, Zapata County, 592 thousand reported
  • TEXACO FEE — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 591 thousand reported
  • STATE-CUATRO CATTLE-CASSIN UNIT — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 590 thousand reported
  • VIELMANN-RAMIREZ — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 590 thousand reported
  • SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 589 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 589 thousand reported
  • RANGEL, B.M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 589 thousand reported
  • GUERRA "M" — gas, Coronado Energy E&P Company, LLC, Zapata County, 589 thousand reported
  • GUERRA, RAUL — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 589 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 588 thousand reported
  • M. FLORES — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 586 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Wagner Oil Company, Zapata County, 586 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 586 thousand reported
  • GUERRA L — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 585 thousand reported
  • SMITH "AH" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 585 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, D. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 585 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Legend Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 585 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 584 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L.G. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 584 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR, FERNANDO EST. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 583 thousand reported
  • GUERRA — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 583 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, J. ESTATE — gas, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., Zapata County, 583 thousand reported
  • DOMINION PALMYRA — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 582 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, L.O. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 582 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 581 thousand reported
  • SALINAS-RAMIREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 581 thousand reported
  • 3J ZAPATA/MEZA GAS UNIT — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 580 thousand reported
  • GUERRA, RAUL — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 580 thousand reported
  • VIELMANN-RAMIREZ "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 580 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 579 thousand reported
  • ESPERANZA — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 579 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, B. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 578 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 577 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 577 thousand reported
  • RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 577 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ "B" — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 577 thousand reported
  • FLORES — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 576 thousand reported
  • DE LOS SANTOS GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 576 thousand reported
  • LEONARDO — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 576 thousand reported
  • KING "B" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 575 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 575 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER, M. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 575 thousand reported
  • LAPERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 574 thousand reported
  • MARIA CUELLAR — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 574 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Legend Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 573 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 573 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, MERCURIO — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 573 thousand reported
  • BRIONES, E.L. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 573 thousand reported
  • JUANA NCT — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 572 thousand reported
  • TREVINO, J. B. — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Zapata County, 572 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR "A" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 571 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 571 thousand reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 570 thousand reported
  • FLORES-CALICHE RANCH 37 — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 569 thousand reported
  • M.L.E.I., MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 569 thousand reported
  • MCMURREY, WM — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 568 thousand reported
  • VOLPE, RAUL HEIRS — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 568 thousand reported
  • HEIN, A.O. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 568 thousand reported
  • SMITH "AH" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 567 thousand reported
  • DYE, JAMES D. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 567 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 567 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, BELIA R.-B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 567 thousand reported
  • BARROCITO, B. M. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 567 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, B. G. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 566 thousand reported
  • HINNANT, ET AL "N" — gas, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Zapata County, 566 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES TRUST — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 565 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA MINERALS LTD — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 565 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, B. M. — gas, Columbus Energy Corp., Zapata County, 565 thousand reported
  • GARZA L. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 564 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 564 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 564 thousand reported
  • URIBE, A. A. — gas, Lobo Resources, Ltd., Zapata County, 564 thousand reported
  • HAYNES ESTATE — gas, Arete Operating Company, LLC, Zapata County, 563 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 563 thousand reported
  • SARITA, K. — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 563 thousand reported
  • SERNA, DONATO — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 563 thousand reported
  • LAS PALOMAS — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 562 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 560 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 560 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 560 thousand reported
  • TREVINO "B" — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Zapata County, 560 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 559 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 559 thousand reported
  • MENDOZA — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 558 thousand reported
  • J. O. D. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 557 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE, J — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 557 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 557 thousand reported
  • GARZA, L. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 556 thousand reported
  • VESTER — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 556 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 555 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, E. C. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 554 thousand reported
  • BALTAZAR RAMOS — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 554 thousand reported
  • ABEL VELA-STATE GAS UNIT — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 554 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.