Gas Production by individual well in units and cross-units. Any way to see it?
When we had one well in our unit, it was quite easy to check the SONRIS record and compare to the monthly statement, Chesapeake actually inflated the SONRIS record for atmosphere and paid for the inflated volume. Now that some genius designed the UNIT report, which in my case involves cross-unit reports for wells that travel through 2 and 3 units and may involve old, new, shut-in wells, etc. I no longer have that luxury.
Since all well reports on SONRIS are identical for wells within the units/cross-units. We lose the ability to check if the reported volume on a royalty report is accurate or bogus. I suspect the latter but can't prove it. I think the operator should pay for the correct amount of gas produced and sold.
My question is: Does anyone know how to find the by-well data by month?
So far I asked OILDEX. The agent suggested I ask Chesapeake if I could have an account to view production records. I did that and Chesapeake basically told me to go 'pound sand'.
I then found UPSTREAMDB.COM. That site claims to have production records and has a two day free trial. There is a couple of problems I see. First, you can't log in until you supply a credit card, so you can't see how you would cancel your subscription before the two days were up. Secondly, how do they get by-well production records and do they really have them? How real-time are they? Thirdly, you can't talk to anyone. I fill out a contact sheet asking for a call, and I get an email reply asking 'what can we do for you'.
I found one more buried in the advertisements that supplied me with a link to SONRIS web site. Thanks a lot!
If you would like to take a gander at these , the wells involved are 239603 (sec 3 only may be shut in) 251107, 251108, 251109 (sec 3 &10), 251213 & 251214 (sec 10, 3, 14).
If you have ideas and wish to keep them private, you can also PM me. I would appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Bill
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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on -
There are no "free" sources of individual monthly LA unit well production where more than one well is reported under a LUW Code. There are a number of sources used by the industry... .but none are cheap. You could always lobby for a change to the database with the OOC but that's a tough road. I know, I've been down it. Keep in mind that when SONRIS was set up in the late 1990's there was an existing rule requiring only one well per unit. It was only when the Haynesville Shale Play forced the OOC's hand to allow multiple or alternate unit wells in a drilling unit that the database architecture became a problem for monthly per well production volumes.
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Permalink Reply by Bill McDaniel on
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Dear Skip
I am trying all avenues to ask you a simple question. I sent you a request but got no answer, so here goes again. Maybe you will see it and respond.
I could be dreaming, but I thought I saw a post by you a couple years back that said you had figured out a way to decode cross unit production (the real production) of a group of gas wells in a unit, I have tried experimenting with LUC codes, percentages, primary LUC, etc on SONRIS and have given up. I remind myself of a squirrel who every day wakes up with a new plan to get the bird seed out of a squirrel proof feeder. It never works.
If you posted what I think I saw, I would appreciate where the post is. If anybody else likes to play, the well numbers are
251107,251108,251109,251213,251214,239603
Reply to billmcd1665@gmail.com.
Thanks,Bill
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Permalink Reply by Chase on
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You can find cross-unit well production by well serial number by following this link in the SONRIS data portal: https://sonlite.dnr.state.la.us/ords/f?p=108:2725:101937340193052::...::::
If you are navigating from the SONRIS portal, this is the first selection under the "Production Audit" tab. You might have to look at the well allocation percentages to figure out how much production is allocated between the cross-units. Hope this helps.
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Permalink Reply by Bill McDaniel on
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Thanks Chase
That information will keep me busy for awhile. When I get back to town, I would like to talk to you if you have a few minutes. Maybe you could enlighten me on the prospects of this routine actually working.
Bill
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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on
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Chase's link goes to the correct search. It's a little glitchy so do this: Only enter the well serial number and the production dates. Check the first and last dates of reported production first. Then use the calendar to go to the month and year for first production and then click on the first day of that month. Do the same for the last production month, enter the serial number and click on Execute.
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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on
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You can cut and paste each production page into a Word doc, highlight and cut and paste the production column and paste in an excel spreadsheet then use the sum command to get the total production, Remember that you also must know the percentage of the perforated lateral that is attributable to your section as the last step. Let us know if you need any help.
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Permalink Reply by Chester Fairfield on
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Even the "paid" services are just allocating production based on well tests. You can do the same with the info from Sonris but it wont be 100% accurate.
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