Monthly listings of wells organized by field, purchaser, gatherer and operator. Sign up for WellDatabase today and get instant access. Master Agreed Orders signed by the Commission at past RRC conferences. However, the inherent graphical nature of the Public GIS Viewers and the volumes of data represented make accessibility more difficult. The Railroad Commission's (and the railroad's) position was that only the state could regulate commerce within a state, and that the federal government had no power so to do. To ensure more secure and streamlined file transfers, the free data sets available for download have been migrated to HTTPS. Permit Issue Date, Permit Number, API Number, Permitted Field(s). Organizations and individual users are responsible for verifying the accuracy, completeness, currency, and/or suitability of these data sets themselves. Close this tab to return to the GIS Viewer and select the next well (you may need to close the pop-up window for the current well to be able to click the next well). Agency Contact: Patty Ramon ", William S. Osborn, "Curtains for Jim Crow: Law, Race, and the Texas Railroads,", George N. Green, "Thompson, Ernest Othmer,", The "maximum efficient rate" is an engineering determination of the theoretical optimum rate of flow of crude oil from each well in a pool that will not endanger ultimate recovery from the pool by a too rapid release of underground pressures. The data sets provided by the Online Research Query System are continually being updated and are provided as a public service for informational purposes only. Copyright 2022 | Railroad Commission of Texas, Base Map, Wells, Surveys & Pipelines layers, Geographic Coordinates; Latitude/Longitude Decimal Degrees, NAD 27. If you are not sure if pop-up blocking is enabled on your computer, try ourPop-up Blocker Test. Copyright 2022 | Railroad Commission of Texas, Brownfields & Voluntary Cleanup & Operator Cleanup Program Imaged Records, Flare/Vent Exceptions (Statewide Rule 32) Query, H-9 Certificate of Compliance Statewide Rule 36, H-10 Annual Disposal/Injection Well Monitoring Report Query, Production Data Query System (PDQ) (Statewide), RRC Surface Casing Estimator - Bureau of Economic Geology. This project is currently in an alpha development stage. Go to the Texas Railroad Commission website at, Under Useful Links (on the right side of the screen), click, On the next page, scroll down and click the link (or the image) that says Launch Public GIS Viewer. The data is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week beginning with Calendar Year 2018. APPLICATION. balancing status and capability for gas wells, and. Gas from wells defined as high cost gas wells under Section 107 of the old Federal Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) may be eligible for a state severance tax reduction or exemption. Please note that information submitted in sections VIII and IX on the form are not available in the data set. Click on the green dot to bring up a pop-up window with the well details. Gerald Nash, "The Reformer Reformed: John H. Reagan and Railroad Regulation. This data sets contains a dump of the Production Reports for Pending Leases Database. The reports include: results of environmental sampling of soil, groundwater, and surface water at the site; water level measurements; waste profile sampling results; elevation survey data of waste piles; volume estimates of wastes and affected soils above and below grade contained in AOCs 1 through 10; and a map of lines demarcating AOC boundaries. No specific seat is designated as chairman; the commissioners choose the chairman from among themselves. Texas Railroad Commission. In-person filings cannot be accepted at Central Records at this time. P: 512-963-1869 When a lease has not yet been assigned an official Lease ID by the RRC, the operator will report production on this pending lease by using some other identifying information [API (American Petroleum Institute) number or drilling permit number). I remember we looked at the EBCDIC files and considered using a EBCDIC-to-ASCII library to convert them but decided it wasnt worth the effort since the Production and Well data we were looking for was already available in easier formats. TheOil and Gas Well Recordscan be searched by key fields or full text and will include applications to drill, oil and gas completion reports, plugging reports, producer's transportation authority and miscellaneous records from 1981 to present. The viewer should automatically zoom to our abstract. This will allow users to select and download multiple files at one time. including down-hole well production equipment, the associated usage, and removal procedures. Engineers look at indices like the pressure at the bottom of the well ("bottom-hole pressure") or the ratio of gas to oil in the crude produced. This will ensure 24-hour, 7 day a week access to important RRC data. The data is incremented monthly as the Oil and Gas Roll process "rolls off" selected data from the 26-month Oil and Gas systems such as the Production database above. This production data reflects preliminary totals reported to the Commission by oil and gas operators. Railroad Commission of Texas. [9][10], A crisis for the petroleum industry was created by the East Texas oil boom of the 1930s, as prices plunged to 25cents a barrel. Photographer: Matt Nager/Bloomberg Matt Nager/598176 . A 3-Month Well Bore file is also available which extracts all information in the Well Bore database for each API number that had a drilling permit issued for it within the last three (3) months. Required fields are marked *. field allocation formulas and their corresponding factors; general gas information pertaining to the individual wells, gatherers, and balancing status; general information pertaining to individually completed wells and multiple completions; individual fields, field allocation formulas and their corresponding factors; individual leases, gatherers, balancing status, allowable and production information; individually completed wells and multiple completions, well testing information, allowable and production information. The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) is committed to making its website accessible to all users. To find the optimal rates that met these goals he focused the TRC on the collection of data, direct negotiation with railway executives, and compromises with the parties involved. Ernest O. Thompson (18921966), head of the TRC from 1932 to 1965, took charge of the agency and indeed the oil industry by appealing to an ideal of Texas's role in the global oil orderthe civil religion of Texas oil. [2][3], The three-member commission was initially appointed by the governor, but an amendment to the state's constitution in 1894 established the commissioners as elected officials who serve overlapping six-year terms, like the sequence in the U.S. Senate, elected statewide. The videos will open in a separate window, allowing you to toggle between the video and viewer. RRC District: a group of counties within Texas assigned to set of boundaries designated by Commission. Plat images will be in a .TIFF format and may require legal size paper to print. Triple H Production (641 CR 423, Stockdale, Texas 78160), and A & C Oil Company, LLC (P.O. They do harm. Get Access to Texas. The Public GIS Viewers use software written by ESRI, which currently does not meet the accessibility requirements outlined in Texas Government Code 2054, Subchapter M, and Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 206. Checking well production in Texas is a relatively simple process using the Texas Railroad Commissions GIS Viewer. We did end up converting DBF files and other formats but not EBCDIC, Blake wrote an article about the steps he followed to convert some of these files here: https://blog.mi4.com/analytics/processing-the-rrc-data-in-the-cloud-with-azure-functions/, Your email address will not be published. The file cumulates daily throughout the month and is produced the day after the last day of the month. Producing Property: Oil leases and gas wells; a producing unit assigned an identifying number by the Commission and used to report production. The database tracks each case from the time an application is received until it is completed. They will remain in the same .FTP file locations. Activities, Instructional, History, Environment etc. Many of these data sets previously required a subscription. Christian was elected in 2016 as a commissioner and a chairman in 2019. Click on the Identify tool (the i inside a circle in the toolbar at the top of the screen), then select Wells from the drop-down menu. Since the pdq only brings up the previous 12 months reported, you may want to experiment with the Date Range if you are trying to identify historical production. This data set contains the spacing and production rules for an area of oil and gas production with at least one common reservoir for the entire area. The current commissioners are Jim Wright since January 4, 2021, Wayne Christian since January 9, 2017, and Christi Craddick since December 17, 2012.[4][5]. In 1984, the federal government took over transportation regulation for railroads, trucking and buses, but the Railroad Commission kept its name. Lets walk through an example together to learn how to do so. Slow connections may work, but performance may not be desirable. The next 3 digits are the county code. 56 Producing Operators. This data set includes the most recent 26 months of Form R-3 [Monthly Report for Gas Processing Plants] filings. When the viewer opens, you should see a screen similar to this: Since we have it, we are going to search by Abstract Number. pertinent information concerning spacing and density exceptions. Co. v. United States, 234 U.S. 342 (1914) arose from the Railroad Commission's setting railroad freight rates unequally. The Historical Ledger provides monthly oil and gas production by lease for the period January 1993 to 27 months prior to the present date. Also, please note that there are a limited number of machines available to view records located on microfilm and microfiche. Because of the low intrastate rates, shippers in eastern Texas tended to ship their wares to Dallas (in Texas), rather than to Shreveport, Louisiana, although Shreveport was considerably closer to much of eastern Texas. They arenotintended to be used as an authoritative public record for any geographic location and have no legal force or effect. Kentucky Geological Survey Oil and Natural Gas Data. The last 5 digits are the unique number assigned to identify the wellbore. It consists of 10 digits. Because it needed access to the Texas headquarters of the various oil companies, it became a long term tenant at the Milam Building.[13]. Prior to downloading digital map data, review the information below, including the sample test files and frequently asked questions. The traditional TRC policy of negotiating compromises failed; the governor was forced to call in the state militia to enforce order. This screen displays ten (10) months of production at a time, so you may need to click Next > to view the most recent data. Instead of having to create spreadsheets and conduct other extensive analysis, users can now quickly determine which county produced the most oil or natural gas in a year, said Wei Wang, RRCs Executive Director. I regard it as essentially foolish and essentially vicious. Datasets can be downloaded statewide, or by Oil & Gas district. Download data files for completed Oil & Gas inspections and violations. Summary of Data in Lavaca County, TX. From the Field Photo Plugging an orphan well in District 03 Photo from Peter Fisher. The data set includes both active and inactive organizations. ESRI has stated its commitment to meet accessibility requirements and continues to test its products for compliance. The Commission specifically disclaims any and all warranties, representations, or endorsements, express or implied, with regard to these data sets, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of privately owned rights. The TRC typically worked with the regulated industries to improve operations, share best practices, and address consumer complaints. As long as the Identify tool is still selected (it will be highlighted and will read Identify Wells) you can click the next well to view production data for it. of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Office of Court Administration/Texas Judicial Council, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Railroad_Commission_of_Texas&oldid=1121050736, History of the petroleum industry in the United States, Articles with dead external links from April 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Childs, William R. "Origins of the Texas Railroad Commission's Power to Control Production of Petroleum: Regulatory Strategies in the 1920s.". Oil and gas well records are available online. The Historical Ledger database is updated daily because of Monthly Production Report (Form PR) received relating to the Historical Ledger time period. You may download the Adobe Acrobat Reader for free atwww.adobe.com. Production reports are due from operators on the last day of the month for the previous month. A new tab will open up with the production data for the well. The amendment's ratification and the 1890 election of Governor James S. Hogg, a liberal Democrat, permitted the legislature in 1894 to create the Railroad Commission, giving it jurisdiction over operations of railroads, terminals, wharves, and express companies. This will ensure 24-hour, 7 day a week access to important RRC data. This data set contains information on every application for high cost gas severance tax incentive certification, which includes information on tight sands, deep gas, and other as specified by the operator. Despite its name, it ceased regulating railroads in 2005, when the last of the rail functions were transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation. Each month the Commission posts Texas oil and gas production statistics on itswebsiteand distributes a news release. Information on most of the wells ever drilled in Texas is contained in the Full Well Bore file. Keep up to date with the developments at Mi4 by checking back often and following us on social media. Current, Proposed, Draft, and Emergency rules. Attempts to establish a railroad commission in Texas began in 1876. The data is directly accessible using links found on the RRC website without need of a username or password. Selection of an export format that is compatible with the GIS software package it will run on is the responsibility of the user.