The RRC collects and reports monthly on Texas oil and gas production data.

The data gathered is from a combination of the reports that the RRC requires oil and gas producers, liquid gatherers, and transporters to file each month. You indicate the type of information you wish to see on the General Query Criteria screen. Data fitting your specifications is gathered and displays on Results screens.

Query Screens

There are two query screens:

• General Query returns more broad production information.
• Specific Lease Query returns production information about a specific lease.

General Query Criteria Screen

Use the General Query Criteria screen to find statewide or area (county, district, field) production information, or information about a field, lease, or operator for which you do not have a name or number. Begin your search with any information you have, then search the results to find a specific district, county, field, operator, or lease. The search criteria is a way to specify what information you want to see out of all the production data that is there. The more criteria you specify, the more limited the results may be, but more relevant. Using the highest level search, Statewide, will return large amounts of data, particularly if you specify a wide date range.

General Query Criteria Options

Making selections on the General Query Criteria screen is how you tell the system what information to gather. The options on the General Query Criteria screen are described as follows:

Initial View indicates the kind of data that will display in the forefront on the initial results screen. You will have access to the other types of data; this is the information that appears on top. This is a required field and you may select only one of the following options: Lease, Operator, Field, County or District.

Date Range indicates the period of time for which you wish to see production data. Select a beginning month and year and an ending month and year. The option to select a different date range is on every results screen, so you can look at production volumes from different blocks of time, still utilizing the initial query criteria. Select a date by clicking the drop-down arrows beside each month and year option and select your choices from the lists. The ending date must be greater than or equal to the beginning date. Date Range is a required field.

Choose One indicates whether you wish to see oil production only, gas production only, or both. The product type is a required field.

 

Geographical Region specifies the area of Texas for which you wish to view production data. The options are:

• District (which includes Statewide)
• Onshore County
• Offshore area
• Field

You may choose only one of these options. If you specify Statewide, which is available from the District option, you may have to search through large amounts of information to find your information. Also, depending on the date range specified, the query could take a few minutes. Click County/District List to see the list of districts with associated counties, if you need to look up a district.

You cannot enter a field name or number in the Field text box on the initial query criteria screen. Search for Field lets you search for a field name or exact matching field number. You must enter at least three characters in the search Field text box, the second or third of which can be a space. Wildcard searches are not supported.

Limit Query to a Specific Operator further filters the search criteria specified. You can search for an Operator by name or exact matching operator number. You must enter at least three characters in the search Operator text box, the second or third of which can be a space. Wildcard searches are not supported.

You cannot enter an Operator Name or Number in the Operator text box on the initial query criteria screen; you must perform an operator search.

 

Query Messages

If you specify query criteria for which there is no production data, you get a "No Matches Found" message. This indicates that there was no production filed for that date range, or geographical region, or operator if you specified that in your search criteria. See the following example showing where that message appears on the screen: