Oil and gas leases in Zapata County — page 18

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 18 of 23

JACOBA — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 260 thousand reported
SERAFIN URIBE — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 260 thousand reported
TREVINO, J. B. — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Zapata County, 260 thousand reported
YZAGUIRRE, J — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 259 thousand reported
JENNINGS RANCH A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 259 thousand reported
LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 259 thousand reported
HERBST, M. V. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 259 thousand reported
VIDAURRI, R. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 259 thousand reported
FLORES, L.G. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 258 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 258 thousand reported
PEREZ, F. R. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 258 thousand reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 258 thousand reported
MARSHALL — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 258 thousand reported
GUERRA "L" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 257 thousand reported
RAMIREZ, MARIA V. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 257 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 257 thousand reported
BRUNI MINERAL TRUST A-B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 257 thousand reported
VIDAURRI, R. ET AL — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 257 thousand reported
VIDAURRI, R. ETAL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 257 thousand reported
MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 256 thousand reported
ALEXANDER, M. M. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 256 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 255 thousand reported
DONNELL MINERALS — gas, Thorp Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 255 thousand reported
ZACHRY — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 255 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 255 thousand reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 254 thousand reported
GEO-FALCON — gas, Geonatural Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 254 thousand reported
SAN FERNANDO MINERALS — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Zapata County, 253 thousand reported
LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 252 thousand reported
BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 252 thousand reported
MARTIN, J. C. ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 252 thousand reported
IRENE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 252 thousand reported
MENDOZA — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 252 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 252 thousand reported
MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 251 thousand reported
VELA, SERAPIO HEIRS "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 251 thousand reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 250 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. EST. — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 250 thousand reported
J.O.D. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 250 thousand reported
BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 249 thousand reported
HAYNES — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 249 thousand reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 249 thousand reported
MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 249 thousand reported
MCMURREY- TALBERT — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 248 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 248 thousand reported
ALEXANDER, CHARLES — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 248 thousand reported
JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 247 thousand reported
VOLPE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 247 thousand reported
KINNALLY-CARTER-RICHARDSON — gas, Swift Energy Company, Zapata County, 246 thousand reported
VELA, HUMBERTO JR. — gas, Continental Operating Co., Zapata County, 246 thousand reported
DE LOS SANTOS GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 246 thousand reported
DON JOSE GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 246 thousand reported
GUERRA, RAUL — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Zapata County, 246 thousand reported
JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 245 thousand reported
MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 245 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, BELIA R. "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 245 thousand reported
URIBE, I. C. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 244 thousand reported
MCCAMPBELL, E. A. — gas, Stivers Inc, Zapata County, 244 thousand reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 244 thousand reported
BMT MARTIN C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 243 thousand reported
BENAVIDES-STATE GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 242 thousand reported
A. URIBE HEIRS — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 242 thousand reported
ZACHRY, E.B. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 242 thousand reported
SALINAS G.G. — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 241 thousand reported
MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 241 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 241 thousand reported
MCCANN, C.L. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 241 thousand reported
J.O.D. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 241 thousand reported
SLATOR RANCH — gas, Smith Production Inc., Zapata County, 241 thousand reported
GARZA, FERNANDO DEEP — gas, Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc., Zapata County, 240 thousand reported
VILLAREAL-ZAPATA GU — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 240 thousand reported
BRIONES, E. L. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 239 thousand reported
VELA, ANTONIO — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 239 thousand reported
BENAVIDES STATE GU "A" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 239 thousand reported
GARZA, LAURO — gas, Pennzenergy Exp. & Prod., L.L.C., Zapata County, 239 thousand reported
GUERRA "L" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 239 thousand reported
RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 238 thousand reported
J. VELA CUELLAR GAS UNIT A — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 238 thousand reported
BRUNI MINERAL TRUST AB — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 237 thousand reported
SAN FERNANDO MINERALS — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Zapata County, 237 thousand reported
JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 237 thousand reported
CUELLAR, J. VELA — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 236 thousand reported
FLORES, L.G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 236 thousand reported
JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 236 thousand reported
LAS PALOMAS — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 235 thousand reported
GARCIA, A. ET AL GAS UNIT — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 235 thousand reported
RAMIREZ, ABEL — gas, Marwell Petroleum, Inc., Zapata County, 234 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
FLORES, M. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
GUERRA, M. — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
URIBE, I. C. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
HERBST, M.V. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 233 thousand reported
SAENZ — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 232 thousand reported
LAUREL, F.D. "A" — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 231 thousand reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 231 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 231 thousand reported
TALBERT, MM ESTATE — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 230 thousand reported
MENDOZA — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 229 thousand reported
GARZA, A. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 229 thousand reported
SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 229 thousand reported
BUNCH, ROY — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 227 thousand reported
HARALSON BEEFMASTER, LTD — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 227 thousand reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 227 thousand reported
VASQUEZ-SHARP-ANDERS GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 227 thousand reported
THOMASMA, RAY J. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 227 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 226 thousand reported
LFT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 226 thousand reported
ZACHRY, E. B. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 226 thousand reported
HAYNES — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 226 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, C. Y. — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 224 thousand reported
URIBE, I. C. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 224 thousand reported
MARTINEZ, EUDOXIO UNIT 1 — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 224 thousand reported
BERNARDO BUSTAMANTE G. U. — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 223 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, ALEJO — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 223 thousand reported
GARZA, LAURO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 222 thousand reported
HAYNES — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 222 thousand reported
AMOCO FEE — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 221 thousand reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 220 thousand reported
GARCIA, SALVADOR "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 220 thousand reported
BMT-MARTIN A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 220 thousand reported
MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 220 thousand reported
LAUREL, OSCAR M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 219 thousand reported
FULBRIGHT, J. E. "G" — gas, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Zapata County, 218 thousand reported
VERGARA — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 218 thousand reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 217 thousand reported
FERNANDO CUELLAR ET AL GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 217 thousand reported
HINNANT HEIRS "B" — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 217 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 217 thousand reported
GUTIERREZ, HECTOR MARIO — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 216 thousand reported
VELA, J. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 216 thousand reported
RANGEL, B. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 216 thousand reported
3-D RANCHES — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 216 thousand reported
EMMA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 215 thousand reported
VELA ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 215 thousand reported
MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 215 thousand reported
GUTIERREZ "B" — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 215 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 215 thousand reported
R & R RAMIREZ F.P.LTD — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 214 thousand reported
DOMINGUEZ "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 213 thousand reported
BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 213 thousand reported
RATHMELL, J. G. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 213 thousand reported
HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 213 thousand reported
URIBE, I.C. GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 212 thousand reported
VILLARREAL-ZAPATA GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 212 thousand reported
HERBST, M.V. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 212 thousand reported
ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 211 thousand reported
DEMARTINEZ, M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 210 thousand reported
MARTINEZ, ACELA — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 210 thousand reported
SALINAS — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 208 thousand reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 208 thousand reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Westport Oil And Gas Company, LP, Zapata County, 208 thousand reported
JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 207 thousand reported
MARTINEZ TRUST — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 207 thousand reported
GUERRA, RAUL — oil, BPL Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 206 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, BELIA R. "C" — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 206 thousand reported
MARTINEZ, B. M. — gas, Columbus Energy Corp., Zapata County, 205 thousand reported
MARSHALL, S.G. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 205 thousand reported
RAMIREZ, L.O. A — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 204 thousand reported
M.L.E.I., MARSHALL, S.G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 204 thousand reported
DON JOSE LAND & CATTLE CO LTD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 204 thousand reported
WORLEY, R. J. — gas, Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc., Zapata County, 203 thousand reported
L & P — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 203 thousand reported
BENAVIDES, BELIA R. "B" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 201 thousand reported
VASQUEZ-URIBE "A" GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 201 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 201 thousand reported
DECARREON, G.G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 201 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 198 thousand reported
FLORES — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 198 thousand reported
LEONARDO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 197 thousand reported
MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 196 thousand reported
DOMINION PALMYRA — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 196 thousand reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 196 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 196 thousand reported
FLORES, L. G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 195 thousand reported
CANTU — gas, Columbus Energy Corp., Zapata County, 195 thousand reported
GUTIERREZ, HIGINIO — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 194 thousand reported
DE GARCIA, SARA G. — gas, Mueller Engineering Corp., Zapata County, 193 thousand reported
MOLLETES CREEK GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 193 thousand reported
VASQUEZ, ROMEO ET AL — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 192 thousand reported
URIBE, I. C. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 192 thousand reported
VILLARREAL, EDUARDO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 192 thousand reported
MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 192 thousand reported
MARTINEZ, M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 192 thousand reported
ABEL RAMIREZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 191 thousand reported
HAYNES "B" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 191 thousand reported
CUELLAR, MARIA HEIRS — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
RAMIREZ, ABEL — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
CUELLAR GAS UNIT — gas, Tesoro E&P Company, L.P., Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
BARROCITO — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
DOMINION PALMYRA — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
SLATOR RANCH — gas, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Zapata County, 190 thousand reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 189 thousand reported
GARCIA-MALDONADO GAS UNIT — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 189 thousand reported
VIDAURRI, R. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 189 thousand reported
MORGENSTERN — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 189 thousand reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 189 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.