Oil and gas leases in Zapata County — page 9

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 9 of 23

LAUREL F. D. "A" — gas, Dynamic Production, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
WHITTIER — gas, Legend Natural Gas II, LP, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BENAVIDES, BELIA R. B — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
FLORES, L.G. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
TREVINO, ALBERT — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VILLARREAL — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LAS AVISPAS RANCH — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
DYE, J.D. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HINOJOSA, G. G. — gas, Shell Western E&P Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
RESENDEZ — gas, Reichmann Petroleum Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GARZA, L. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HINNANT "SUR 307" — gas, Killam Oil Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MARTINEZ, MERCURIO G.U. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MARSHALL S.G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GUEVARA "A" (LA ROCA) — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
EL MILAGRO "B" — gas, L.O.G. Energy Exploration, Ltd., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HERBST, M.V. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LEONARDO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
RAMIREZ — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
DE LOS SANTOS GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
PORRAS GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VELA, CARMEN "C" — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BENAVIDES TRUST — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GUTIERREZ, JOSE CLEMENTE "A" — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BERNARDO GAS UNIT — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
WHITE — gas, Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BMT-BARROCITO — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GUTIERREZ ET AL — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BIGLER-FLORES GU — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LEO CUELLAR GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MARTINEZ, M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
CANALES — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JACOBA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BENAVIDES, B. R. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
RANCHITO TANK GAS UNIT — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
RAMIREZ, MARIA V. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MARTINEZ, FELIPE ET AL — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
WHITE — gas, Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GARZA, LAURO — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH B — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MCMURREY, WM. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
L. GARZA ESTATE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BMT MARTIN A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LEONARDO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BRUNI RANCH — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GUERRA "L" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
3J ZAPATA/MEZA GAS UNIT — gas, Ricochet Energy, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VILLARREAL GUTIERREZ GU — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HARALSON BEEFMASTERS, LTD. — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
CARRILLO, O.P. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
TREVINO "B" — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
EL EBANITO LAND CO., LTD. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BUSTAMANTE GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Forest Oil Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VIDAURRI MARTINEZ G.U. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
DE LOS SANTOS — gas, Killam Oil Co., Ltd., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MARTINEZ, EUDOXIO — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BRUNI MINERAL TRUST A-A — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
PALMYRA — gas, Cody Energy LLC, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
SALINAS, G. G. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
MARTINEZ, M. — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VILLARREAL, JACOBA ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
OSCAR GUTIERREZ ET AL — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HORACIO-GONZALEZ — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LUNDELL B — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VILLARREAL GUTIERREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VELA-SMITH G. U. — gas, Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
FLORES, L. G. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GUTIERREZ, ROMEO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LAUREL, O. M. ESTATE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
SLATOR RANCH — gas, Wagner Oil Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VASQUEZ, ROMEO — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
ADELFA — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
ALFONSO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
GONART INVESTMENTS ET AL — gas, Laredo Energy, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
BENAVIDES, B. R. "A" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HERBST, M.V. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LEONARDO — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
VESTER — gas, Hilcorp Energy Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH D — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
LOPEZ MINERAL TRUST — gas, Forest Oil Permian Corporation, Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
HAYNES MINERAL TRUST — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
ELIZONDO ET AL — gas, Paladar Investments I, L.L.C., Zapata County, 1.3 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
SANCHEZ-MCMURREY — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GUERRA, RAUL — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RANGEL, B. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
YZAGUIRRE, J. — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
CUELLAR, J.V. — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GOMEZ — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VASQUEZ ROMERO J — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MCMURREY, W.M. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
TREVINO "B" — gas, Coronado Energy E&P Company, LLC, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RATHMELL, J.G. — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
E. E. GUTIERREZ — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GARZA, A. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
WRIGHT-BARRERA GU — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ZACHRY, E. B. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
BUSTAMANTE GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
SLATOR RANCH — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
M.L.E.I., MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
BARROCITO, B. M. — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MCASKILL TR4 — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
YZAGUIRRE, D. HEIRS — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VILLARREAL — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
EL CLARENO — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VIDAURRI, R. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GARCIA, SALVADOR "G" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LAUREL MINERAL ESTATE — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VELA, J. M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, LEONARD — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VELA ESTATE UNIT — gas, Legend Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MUNOZ, FERNANDO — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VILLARREAL-GUTIERREZ GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RAMIREZ ET AL GAS UNIT "A" — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ASCHE — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MARSHALL, S. G. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
FLORES, L. G. — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
BENAVIDES-STATE GU — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VELA, G. O. ET AL "A" — gas, El Paso E&P Zapata, L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
SERNA, DONATA — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ALEXANDER — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MARTIN, J.C. — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RANGEL, B.M. — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
SLATOR RANCH C — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GUTIERREZ, O. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
EL CLARENO — gas, Cantera Operating, LLC, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GUERRA "L" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RAMIREZ, J. EST. — gas, Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
BRUNI RANCH — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
SALINAS — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ALFONSO — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VELA-CUELLAR, J. GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES — gas, Legend Natural Gas, LP, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
BERNARDO GAS UNIT — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RODRIGUEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LA PERLA "A" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
B. M. T. - FNB — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MARTIN, J.C. — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, North Central Oil Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
HAYNES, L. — gas, Pogo Producing Company LLC, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LA PERLA "A" — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GUTIERREZ, J.M. C — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VASQUEZ, ROMEO J. — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ALEXANDER, MAUREEN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MORGENSTERN — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
LA PERLA — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VASQUEZ-PENA-HAYNES — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MECOM, J. W. — gas, Westport Oil And Gas Company, LP, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JACOBA "A" — gas, Transtexas Gas Corporation, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RAMIREZ, L. O. A — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
SLATOR RANCH — gas, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
GONZALEZ GAS UNIT — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ALEXANDER — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH AA — gas, Conocophillips Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
BENAVIDES, BELIA R. "C" — gas, Enron Oil & Gas Company, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
ASCHE — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
DE LOS SANTOS GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Transamerican Natural Gas Corp., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
VIELMANN-RAMIREZ-MARSHALL G U — gas, Chevron U. S. A. Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
MUNOZ-GUTIERREZ GAS UNIT — gas, Houston Exploration Company, The, Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
JENNINGS RANCH C — gas, Conoco Inc., Zapata County, 1.2 million reported
RAMOS, BALTAZAR — gas, Midpar L.P., Zapata County, 1.2 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.