Oil and gas leases in Zapata County — page 21

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 21 of 23

  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, Zapata County, 74 thousand reported
  • BRUNI MINERAL TRUST — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 74 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 74 thousand reported
  • LOPENO "A" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 74 thousand reported
  • SNAVELY GAS UNIT 4 — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 74 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 73 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE, J. — gas, Enercorp Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 73 thousand reported
  • BRIONES, E. L. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 73 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, A. UNIT — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 73 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, FINITA — gas, Acock Operating Limited, Zapata County, 73 thousand reported
  • SAN FERNANDO — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 73 thousand reported
  • JACOBA VILLARREAL ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 72 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 72 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 72 thousand reported
  • MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 72 thousand reported
  • GUERRA, AVELINA — gas, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, ANASTASIO — oil, Holmes Oil, Inc., Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, J.M. "C" — gas, Howard Exploration, Inc., Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • CASSIN, EDWARD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • THOMASMA, RAY J. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 71 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Zapata County, 70 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 70 thousand reported
  • ESPERANZA — gas, El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co., Zapata County, 70 thousand reported
  • DECARREON, G.G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 70 thousand reported
  • ELIZONDO — gas, El Paso E & P Company, L. P., Zapata County, 69 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, HIGINIO JR. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 69 thousand reported
  • HAYNES-NORTH — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE-LEO GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • SINGER B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • VELA-SMITH G.U. — gas, Bridge Oil Company, L. P., Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • MCMURREY, WM — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • DEVON GAS FEE — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 68 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 67 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Westport Oil And Gas Company, LP, Zapata County, 67 thousand reported
  • ALFONSO — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER-MANDEL — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • GARZA, LUISA B. — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER, M. M. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J.D. — oil, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 66 thousand reported
  • L.F.T. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 65 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, M. R. — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Zapata County, 65 thousand reported
  • LOS MESQUITES — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 65 thousand reported
  • VIELMANN-RAMIREZ — gas, Michael Petroleum Corporation, Zapata County, 65 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 64 thousand reported
  • URIBE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 64 thousand reported
  • MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 64 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR D — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 63 thousand reported
  • EL CLARENO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 63 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. "A" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 62 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR — gas, El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co., Zapata County, 62 thousand reported
  • MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 62 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • BLANCA AURORA SALINAS "A" — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • BRASCO RANCH — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA MINERALS, LTD. — gas, Hawn Brothers Company, Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • FLORES, L. G. — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 61 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, JOSEFA — gas, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., Zapata County, 60 thousand reported
  • MUNOZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 60 thousand reported
  • AMOCO FEE — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 60 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, EUDOXIO GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 60 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, LEONARD ESTATE — gas, Amerada Hess Corporation, Zapata County, 60 thousand reported
  • E. E. GUTIERREZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 60 thousand reported
  • HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 59 thousand reported
  • VELA-CUELLAR — gas, Torch Operating Company, Zapata County, 59 thousand reported
  • WHITTIER, HELEN COMPANY — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 58 thousand reported
  • BRUNI MINERAL TRUST — gas, Alyndson Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 58 thousand reported
  • ALEXANDER, MAUREEN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 58 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 58 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS RANCH — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 58 thousand reported
  • BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 58 thousand reported
  • E. E. GUTIERREZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • VELA-LOPENO — gas, U.S. Enercorp, Ltd., Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • GARZA, L. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • SMITH A. H. — gas, Cantera Operating, LLC, Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • SERAFIN — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • GONZALES P. GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 57 thousand reported
  • ASCHE — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 56 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 56 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, Merit Energy Company, Zapata County, 56 thousand reported
  • HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 56 thousand reported
  • LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 55 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES-STATE GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 55 thousand reported
  • SANCHEZ, J. M. ESTATE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 55 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 55 thousand reported
  • VILLAREAL, A. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 55 thousand reported
  • ABELINO — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 54 thousand reported
  • JUANA — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 54 thousand reported
  • RAMON, BELIA ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 54 thousand reported
  • LOPENO "F" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 54 thousand reported
  • GARZA, LAURO — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 54 thousand reported
  • FLORES, CARMEN — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 54 thousand reported
  • FERNANDEZ, N. — gas, Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc., Zapata County, 53 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, J.M. — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 53 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR "G" — gas, Mortimer Production Company, Zapata County, 53 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 53 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, LAURO — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 53 thousand reported
  • MARSHALL, STANLEY G. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 53 thousand reported
  • DE LOS SANTOS GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 52 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 52 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 52 thousand reported
  • BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 52 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • ZACHRY, H.B. FEE — gas, Zachry, H. B. Company, Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR, FERNANDO EST. — gas, Hanson Production Company, Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • MARRS MCLEAN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE, D. HEIRS — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Comstock Oil & Gas, Inc., Zapata County, 51 thousand reported
  • VELA, J.M. — gas, Zapata County, 50 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 50 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — gas, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Zapata County, 50 thousand reported
  • FLORES, M. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 49 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, Mote Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 49 thousand reported
  • ALONZO — gas, Denali Oil & Gas Management, LLC, Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • STATE TRACT M88890 — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • TREVINO — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • GUTIERREZ, B. G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • THOMASMA, RAY J. — oil, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • DON JOSE LAND & CATTLE CO LTD — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 48 thousand reported
  • NEEL, BESS M. — gas, Graham Royalty, Ltd., Zapata County, 47 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES-STATE GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 47 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ M. V. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 47 thousand reported
  • THOMASMA, RAY J. "D" — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 46 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — oil, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 46 thousand reported
  • MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 46 thousand reported
  • HAYNES-EAST — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 46 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, ABEL — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 46 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS, J. D. — gas, S M K Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 45 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ "A" — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 45 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 45 thousand reported
  • SLATOR RANCH — oil, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 45 thousand reported
  • RFM LTD A GU — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 45 thousand reported
  • DOMINGUEZ, ET AL — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 44 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, JOSEFA — gas, BPL Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 44 thousand reported
  • VILLARREAL-GUTIERREZ UNIT — gas, BFD Energy Corporation, Zapata County, 44 thousand reported
  • MOFFATT, ELZA GUTIERREZ — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 44 thousand reported
  • GARZA — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 44 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, MERCURIO — gas, Samson Hydrocarbons Company, Zapata County, 44 thousand reported
  • MUNOZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 43 thousand reported
  • RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 43 thousand reported
  • MCASKILL — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 43 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE, D. HEIRS — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 43 thousand reported
  • NOE FERNANDEZ — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 42 thousand reported
  • SMITH 'AH" — gas, Prize Operating Company, Zapata County, 42 thousand reported
  • CUELLAR UNIT — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 42 thousand reported
  • JACOBA — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 41 thousand reported
  • VASQUEZ, DELIA M. — gas, Bison Energy Partners, Ltd., Zapata County, 41 thousand reported
  • VELA, ANTONIO — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 41 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE, J. — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 41 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES STATE GU A — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 41 thousand reported
  • BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 40 thousand reported
  • YZAGUIRRE-LEO GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 40 thousand reported
  • VILLARREAL, B. GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 39 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 39 thousand reported
  • DE VELA, AMELIA L. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 39 thousand reported
  • DOLORES GAS UNIT C — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 39 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Pennzenergy Exp. & Prod., L.L.C., Zapata County, 38 thousand reported
  • GARZA — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 38 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR F — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 38 thousand reported
  • GUERRA "L" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 38 thousand reported
  • LA PERLA B2 — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 37 thousand reported
  • PUIG KING GAS UNIT — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 37 thousand reported
  • BENAVIDES, B.R. — gas, Natural Reserves Group, Inc., Zapata County, 37 thousand reported
  • HAYNES — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 37 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, RP & RR — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 37 thousand reported
  • LEONARDO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 37 thousand reported
  • VELA-CUELLAR — gas, Bellwether Exploration Company, Zapata County, 36 thousand reported
  • RMT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 36 thousand reported
  • SAN MARTIN — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 36 thousand reported
  • RAMIREZ, OSCAR — gas, BPL Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 36 thousand reported
  • PALMYRA — gas, El Paso Production Oil & Gas Co., Zapata County, 36 thousand reported
  • GUERRA, M. — gas, Amax Oil & Gas Inc., Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • SWANTNER, G. R. "A" — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • MARTINEZ, ANTONIO ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • GARCIA, SALVADOR "G" — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • VELA, J. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • GUERRA "L" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • VASQUEZ-SHARP-ANDERS GAS UNIT — gas, Torch Operating Company, Zapata County, 35 thousand reported
  • R.M.T. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 34 thousand reported
  • JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 34 thousand reported
  • PEREZ, F.R. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 34 thousand reported
  • PUIG KING GAS UNIT — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 34 thousand reported
  • DON JOSE GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 34 thousand reported
  • DODIER, J. O. — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 34 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.