Can I look up historical oil well production data for a Texas oil well using the API number?
I used the RRC production query and was able to pull up historical production data based on the lease name/number, but the lease is comprised of 3 wells with production data combined. I would like to get specific production data based on API.
The reason I’m doing this is to audit the well volume of gas, NGL, and oil reported in my EnergyLink statements to compare the volume reported to the RRC and the Texas Comptroller.
Should volumes reported in EnergyLink statements match the volumes reported on RRC and the Texas Comptroller?
Any help is appreciated. I apologize if this has already been answered.
Volumes are reported to RRC on a lease basis. Oil lease number can have multiple wells and volumes are reported as a whole. Gas lease ID numbers are for a single well. Same for sales revenue reports to TX CONG. You have to total the disposition volumes and sales for the same lease number from your check detail and then compare to RRC and CONG data. You can get a relative idea proportional to volumes among the wells under a single lease number by looking at the well volume tests which are reported periodically to RRC. EnergyLink gets data as reported directly from the operator for your check detail and it is not independently calculated or verified.
Don’t forget that the oil volumes reported in your statements are the amounts sold, not produced during a month. There may be significant amounts of oil produced during a month that are sitting in tanks waiting to be picked up and sold.
It can be difficult to reconcile gas. The numbers reported to the state are from the wellhead and are production numbers. The numbers on the royalty statement are from sales at the tailgate of the processing plant or something similar. There is a lot of loss along that path due to various steps in the processing of the gas. There will not be a perfect match, just go for trends. And if a set of wells is produced from one meter, then the match is even less likely. NARO (National Association of Royalty Owners) just had an excellent webinar on midstream processing and how gas volumes are calculated. NARO members can access the webinar for free.