Texas RRC Completions Query Retrieval Provenance Worksheet

Direct answer

Give one official Completions Query attempt a neutral ID. Record its route, source coverage, visible search labels, entered criteria, access time, result or packet navigation, retained reference, and only located, not located, or unverified. This proves how the retrieval was attempted. It does not prove a well was completed, producing, compliant, permitted, active, commercially viable, or connected to private mineral rights.

Key takeaways

• Start from the official RRC Research Queries directory and retain the complete Completions Query route chain.
• Record only source-displayed coverage, search labels, entered criteria, visible states, and navigation observed during the attempt.
• Keep the Completions Query, a displayed packet, Imaged Records, bulk downloads, production data, and any interpretation as separate steps.
• Record access time, timezone, source limitations, and an authorized retained reference for every retrieval step.
• Use only located, not located, or unverified, then stop before property, completion, production, compliance, title, valuation, legal, or transaction conclusions.

Public-record retrieval boundary. This article records one Texas RRC Completions Query retrieval attempt. It does not interpret a completion packet, form, filing status, directional survey, result row, identifier, operator, lease, field, county, well, permit, or date. It does not establish that a well was completed, permitted, producing, active, compliant, commercially viable, or connected to a private mineral interest. It does not determine ownership, title, acreage, lease effect, royalty entitlement, payment, value, offer quality, or a transaction result. It does not provide legal, title, land, tax, accounting, appraisal, engineering, geological, regulatory, or financial advice. MRX may have an economic interest in a later transaction; when that applies, the buyer relationship is disclosed in writing before an agreement is signed.

A Texas RRC Completions Query retrieval worksheet answers one narrow question: exactly how was one official Completions Query attempt performed? Record the official route, the source’s coverage statement, visible search labels, criteria actually entered or selected, access timestamp and timezone, result or packet navigation, a controlled retained reference, and one bounded retrieval status.

Use only located, not located, or unverified. Those terms describe the retrieval attempt. They do not decide what a form means, whether the displayed filing applies to a private property interest, or whether a well has any particular legal, regulatory, operational, production, or economic condition.

Start with the separately named official route

The Railroad Commission of Texas Research Queries directory lists Completions Query as a separate oil-and-gas query and labels its update schedule as nightly. Preserve the directory URL, the displayed query name, and the route you actually followed instead of writing only “RRC search.”

The official Oil & Gas Completions home separates Well Completions, Completions Package, Completions Query, Directional Survey Query, and Completion Reports in its navigation. It states that completion-packet data reflects packets filed online from November 2, 2009 through the present and separately states that production data is updated nightly. Preserve those as source-displayed coverage statements. Do not turn either statement into a conclusion about a particular well, packet, production history, or private interest.

This worksheet owns only one Completions Query attempt. It does not merge that attempt with the Wellbore Query, Drilling Permit Query, production-data routes, Directional Survey Query, Imaged Records, bulk completion downloads, or private title and lease review. For broader source orientation, use Texas Railroad Commission: How to Use Public Records to Understand Your Mineral Rights.

Create an attempt header before searching

Give the attempt a neutral ID such as TX-CMPL-RET-01. The ID labels a retrieval session, not a well, completion, operator, property, mineral interest, finding, or transaction conclusion. Record the purpose, official entry route, displayed page label, access date and time, timezone, preparer role, worksheet version, and every source-stated coverage, update, access, display, or result limitation observed.

Create a new attempt record for a rerun. Do not overwrite the earlier criteria snapshot because the page, status, search values, or displayed results changed. Separate attempt records allow an authorized reviewer to compare exactly what was queried without treating either attempt as an operational or property conclusion.

Capture the search criteria exactly as displayed

The current Completions Query search says users may select one or more criteria and that, when more than one is selected, all must be true for a completion record to appear in the results list. Preserve that source instruction with the attempt.

The search screen displays criteria that include date fields, current status, district, well type, purpose of filing, completion-packet type, tracking number, API number, drilling-permit number, county, field number, filing-operator number, lease number, and wellbore profile. It also displays additional horizontal-well selections. Record only labels and controls actually visible during the attempt; interface content may change.

Each field is a locator or filter, not a conclusion. For every criterion used, record the displayed label, entry or selection method, controlled value reference, source-shown format, whether it was submitted, and any visible default or constraint. Record “unused” for fields not used. Keep actual API numbers, tracking numbers, permit numbers, operator numbers, lease numbers, names, dates, and property-specific search values out of a reusable public example.

Record only the navigation that occurred

Preserve the path as a sequence:

official directory → Oil & Gas Completions home → Completions Query search → criteria submitted → displayed result state → result, packet, report, help, or next official route actually opened

For each step, record the displayed page or link label, controlled route reference, action taken, access time and timezone, whether the page loaded or changed, and the next step selected. If the session ended, exposed no requested reference, reached a visible constraint, or did not establish the narrow retrieval fact, use not located or unverified. Do not extend that status to a packet, well, operator, property, or mineral interest.

If a result opens a packet or report, preserve it as a separate retrieval step. Record the originating attempt ID, displayed link label, destination route, newly displayed labels, access timestamp, controlled retained-reference location, and located/not located/unverified status. A visible form name, packet type, status, or identifier remains a source-displayed label until an appropriately scoped reviewer evaluates it.

Keep other official record channels separate

The RRC Oil & Gas Imaged Records Query Menu describes Oil & Gas Well Records dating from 1964 forward and notes that completion packets have been filed online since February 2011 and may be viewed through the Completion Query. The RRC Well Records FAQs likewise identifies the Oil & Gas Completion Query as the route for packets received after February 2011 and separately describes the types of material that can appear in Oil & Gas Well Records.

Preserve those source statements without trying to reconcile them into a property conclusion. The Completions home uses a November 2, 2009 online-packet coverage statement, while the Imaged Records and FAQ pages use February 2011 filing language. If the date or channel matters to an authorized review, record the wording and URL of each source separately and convert the difference into a neutral next retrieval question.

The RRC Data Sets Available for Download page separately lists Completion Information in Data Format and Imaged Completion Files, both labeled nightly on the current page. A bulk download is not the same retrieval as the public Completions Query. Preserve a separate attempt ID, route, file name, source-stated format, access time, retained location, and status if an authorized workflow uses either data set.

The official Website Queries training slides are retained here only as agency-authored query-navigation context. This worksheet does not use the slides to establish a current requirement, interpret a packet, decide compliance, or substitute for the live query’s displayed labels and limitations.

Preserve the source limitation

The Research Queries page states that its online data sets are continually updated, provided for informational purposes, not intended as authoritative public records, and have no legal force or effect. It places responsibility on users to check accuracy, completeness, currency, and suitability. Preserve that limitation with the attempt.

A not located result in one query cannot prove that no completion packet, historical record, well record, directional survey, bulk-data entry, production record, or related filing exists. A located reference cannot prove that a packet is complete, current, accurate, applicable to a private interest, or sufficient for a downstream decision.

Use only bounded retrieval statuses

• Located: the recorded official query exposed the identified result or packet reference.
• Not located: the recorded attempt did not expose the sought result or packet reference.
• Unverified: a route, label, identifier, result, packet, or report appeared, but the narrow retrieval fact or relationship was not established.

Located does not mean completed, producing, permitted, active, compliant, commercially viable, connected, owned, leased, payable, valuable, or legally effective. Not located does not mean nonexistent. Unverified preserves uncertainty without alleging an error, omission, defect, violation, or false filing.

Blank Completions Query retrieval provenance worksheet

• Attempt ID: _________
• Purpose: Completions Query retrieval only
• Official entry routes: _________
• Displayed query-page label: _________
• Access date, time, and timezone: _________
• Source-stated coverage and update context: _________
• Criterion labels and controlled values: _________
• Date fields and displayed format: _________
• Status, district, well-type, purpose, and packet-type selections: _________
• Tracking, API, drilling-permit, county, field, operator, lease, or profile criteria used: _________
• Visible instruction, default, or constraint: _________
• Navigation path: _________
• Displayed result-state labels: _________
• Packet, report, or help route opened, if any: _________
• Authorized retained-reference location: _________
• Retrieval status: located / not located / unverified
• Neutral next retrieval question: _________

Use one attempt per worksheet record. If a qualified reviewer later evaluates a packet, form, filing status, property relationship, production record, or legal effect, preserve that analysis as a separate work product with its own author, date, scope, assumptions, sources, and limitations.

Privacy, disclosure, and handoff controls

The reusable worksheet should remain blank. Keep real identifiers, query values, result exports, packets, reports, screenshots, names, addresses, contact details, title documents, payment details, and private correspondence in an access-controlled location. Share only records you are authorized to provide, and disclose why each record is being requested.

MRX may act as an educator, evaluator, marketplace operator, or possible buyer. If MRX or an affiliate could acquire an interest, that economic relationship should be stated clearly before a transaction agreement is signed. A provenance worksheet improves reproducibility; it does not make MRX a neutral public agency, title examiner, attorney, engineer, geologist, accountant, appraiser, or regulator.

Final retrieval check

Before closing the attempt, confirm that the worksheet preserves the complete official route, page labels, access time and timezone, source-stated coverage, criteria labels and controlled values, visible instruction or constraint, navigation that actually occurred, retained reference, source limitation, bounded status, and a neutral next question. If one of those items is missing, use unverified until the retrieval record is complete.

Stop there. The next step may be another official-source retrieval or an appropriately scoped professional review. It is not a conclusion that a well was completed, producing, permitted, active, compliant, commercially viable, connected to private mineral rights, owned by a named person, royalty-bearing, valuable, or suitable for an offer or transaction.

Frequently asked questions

Does a located completion packet prove a well was completed, producing, permitted, active, compliant, or connected to my mineral rights?

No. Located means only that the recorded official retrieval exposed an identified reference. It does not establish completion, current well status, production, permitting, compliance, commercial viability, property connection, ownership, title, acreage, lease effect, royalty entitlement, value, or a transaction result.

Does not located mean no completion packet or well record exists?

No. Not located describes one attempt using stated criteria at a stated time. A criterion mismatch, interface state, source coverage boundary, update, or separate official record channel may require another bounded retrieval step.

Can I publish a real API number, tracking number, drilling permit number, packet, operator detail, or result screen in a reusable worksheet example?

No. Keep actual identifiers, packet files, criteria values, and result details in an authorized controlled reference. A reusable public example should use blank fields and should not publish property-specific or sensitive records.

Can this worksheet decide ownership, acreage, completion status, production, compliance, mineral-rights value, offer quality, or transaction action?

No. It records query provenance only. It does not establish a legal, title, land, regulatory, engineering, geological, operational, production, financial, valuation, offer, or transaction conclusion.

Should I combine a Completions Query result with Imaged Records, bulk data, production data, or another RRC query?

No. Record each official route as a separate retrieval step with its own source context, access time, retained reference, and bounded status. A shared API number, permit number, operator, lease, field, county, date, or well label does not by itself establish that separate sources have the same scope or private-property connection.

Sources

• Railroad Commission of Texas, Research Queries (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Completions Home (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Completions Query Search (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Imaged Records Query Menu (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Well Records FAQs (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Data Sets Available for Download (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Website Queries training slides (accessed 2026-08-24)