The Completion Wizard allows you to determine the criteria you want to use in your search of the completions database.
Required Data: Location, Time period, Well Type
Optional Data: API #, Operator, Lease, Field, Reservoir, Depth, Other, Display, Selectable Columns, Order By
Required Data
Location Tips:
-Choose a district, or a county, or even an abstract within a county. The counties and districts for which coverage exists are displayed in the drop down boxes.
-You can search for multiple abstracts by listing them separated by commas. Do NOT add the A-. You must select a county if you specify an abstract. Texas abstracts are either a number or a number with a letter at the end. (for example: 12,152D,43)
Time Period Tips:
-In the Time Period field, be sure to enter either a previous number of days or a pair of dates. If you don't you'll get an error message.
Well Type Tips:
-You can search for oil production, gas production, or both.
Optional Data
The optional data, such as operator name and completion depth or well depth, allow you to customize your search options beyond well type, time period, and location.
API# Tips:
-You can investigate a single well by ignoring the location data. Bypass the county drop down list box and enter a time period, check both oil and gas in the well type section, and then enter the API number and click the "Finish" button. (This assumes that your search consists of either completions only or completions and permits. If you have done a multi-category search that includes production and/or leases, you will not see a "Finish" button on the Completion Wizard. In this case, click the "Next" button to go to the next category that you want to search. Don't worry, the completion wizard will remember what you asked for.)
Operator Tips:
-Make sure that the operator name is correct. For example, if an operator re-organized and changed its name from XYZ Exploration to XYZ Resources it will have a new operator number. If you type in the old name, all you will see is information related to the previous company name.
Lease Tips:
-If you are searching for particular lease names, please be as accurate as you can be. Although our database has the ability to recognize spellings that are close to the correct spelling and tries to match them, if you provide an incorrect spelling that actually matches a real lease name, you will get the information for the real lease name but not for the lease you intended.
Field and/or Reservoir Tips:
-Use this feature to zero in on a particular field or reservoir that you want to investigate. Be as specific and correct about identifying the field and/or reservoir as you can. Otherwise, your search may return more items than you need, or it may return information that is closely related to what you are asking for but is not what you really need.
-New Field Discoveries Only
Depth Tips:
-The depth always corresponds to well total depth, not perforation depth. You can specify either a From and/or a To depth
-Use depth numbers without commas (i.e. 3000 instead of 3,000).
-Use the depth search function to locate deep wells in your exploration area of interest.
This is a very useful time-saver for finding wells that you can use to determine the log character of a county/parish's stratigraphic column.
Other Tips:
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Display Tips:
-The drop down list box lets you choose several ways to annotate/customize your data presentation. This function is used when you have chosen to see your data in map form. (Note: For wells that have more than one completion you will see a black dot that represents the actual well spot. The two or more colored dots that are linked to the black dot represent individual completions; click on them individually for details about the completion.)
-"Display API next to point" will show the five digit well identifier part of API number next to the well. Since all wells in the same county and state will have the same first five digits we only post the unique last five.
-"Bubble point by depth" means to place a circle around the well point. The size of the circle is directly proportional to the criteria chosen. Bubbling permits by depth, for example, will show a small circle for a 2000' test, and a big circle for a 17,000' well.
-"Display depth next to point" will show that the depth displayed next to the well spot is either the completion depth or the well total depth.
-"Display point only" will show the well spot with no identifier.
Selectable Columns Tips:
- Here you have the option to choose additional data elements that will be returned as columns in table view.
Order By Tips:
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Cancel - Clears the screen so you can start over.
Previous - Takes you to the previous search screen.
Finish - This button appears at the end of your last requested search screen. If you were searching for permits, completions, and production, the Finish button will only appear at the end of the production search screen.
See Search Wizard Help for more information.