Texas RRC G-10/W-10 Well Status Report Query Retrieval Provenance Worksheet

Direct answer

Give one official G-10/W-10 attempt a neutral ID and choose one source-labeled path. Record exact routes and labels, controlled criteria, access time and timezone, displayed navigation, result, error, or PDF state, retained reference, limits, and only located, not located, or unverified. This documents retrieval without interpreting a report or its status.

Key takeaways

• Choose either the Individual Well Status Reports path or the Report Summary Status path before recording criteria.
• Preserve source-displayed status labels as interface criteria, not conclusions about a report, well, or submission.
• Keep actual identifiers, results, screenshots, and PDFs in an authorized controlled location.
• Capture the complete route, access time, timezone, navigation, displayed state, retained reference, and source limitations.
• Use only located, not located, or unverified, then stop before regulatory, property, title, production, valuation, legal, offer, or transaction conclusions.

Public-record retrieval boundary. This article records one Texas RRC G-10/W-10 Well Status Report Query attempt. It does not interpret a report, submission, source-displayed status, criterion, report type, filing reason, date, district, lease or gas-well identifier, field, operator, tracking number, result, error, or PDF. It does not establish well condition, approval, rejection, processing, compliance, production, property connection, title, ownership, acreage, value, offer quality, legal effect, 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 G-10/W-10 Well Status Report Query retrieval worksheet answers one narrow question: exactly how was one official retrieval attempt performed? Record the official directory and application routes, one chosen source-labeled query path, exact source-displayed labels, access timestamp and timezone, controlled criteria, displayed navigation, result, error, or PDF state, authorized retained reference, source limitations, and one bounded retrieval status.

Use only located, not located, or unverified. Those words describe the retrieval attempt. They do not decide what a report or status label means, establish the condition or compliance of a well, connect a record to private property, verify production, or support a valuation, offer, legal, or transaction conclusion.

Start with the official directory and application

The Railroad Commission of Texas Research Queries directory lists Well Status Report Query (W-10, G-10) and currently labels its update frequency as nightly. Preserve that exact directory label, directory URL, destination route, access time, and the directory’s access and data limitations. Do not replace the official route with a search-engine result, an old bookmark, or a neighboring RRC tool.

The launched G-10/W-10 Well Status Reports application uses a different source label. Its home presents two choices: the Individual Well Status Reports path and the Report Summary Status path. Preserve both source-context labels. The wording difference between the directory and application is provenance, not evidence that either label has a broader legal or regulatory meaning.

This worksheet owns only one attempt in the GW10 application. It does not own the H-10 query retrieval, Wellbore Query retrieval, RRC Online Inspection Lookup retrieval, production reporting, or any other agency route. For broad orientation, use Texas Railroad Commission: How to Use Public Records to Understand Your Mineral Rights, then return to this route-specific record.

Create an attempt header before choosing a path

Give the attempt a neutral ID such as TX-GW10-RET-01. That identifier labels a retrieval session, not a report, well, lease, operator, property, status, finding, or transaction. Record:

• the official directory route and its exact source-displayed label;
• the application home route, HTML title, and visible heading;
• the two source-labeled choices visible at the time of access;
• access date, time, and timezone;
• preparer role and worksheet version;
• stated purpose, limited to one G-10/W-10 retrieval attempt;
• source-stated access, search, result, PDF, and data limitations; and
• the controlled location where real criteria and retained evidence will be stored.

Create a new attempt ID for every rerun. Do not overwrite an earlier record because a route, label, criterion, result, PDF control, validation message, error, or access condition changed. Preserved attempts show what was actually retrievable at each recorded time.

Choose one source-labeled path before entering criteria

The official G-10/W-10 Public Query Help page describes two searches. It identifies one for processed G-10 and W-10 reports and another for report submissions. It also describes viewing, printing, or saving a report through PDF-related controls.

Record those statements as source-described retrieval mechanics only. Before entering any criterion, mark exactly one path as selected:

1. the Individual Well Status Reports path, using the gw10PublicProcessLogSearchAction.do route; or
2. the Report Summary Status path, using the gw10PublicSearchAction.do route.

Mark the unselected path as out of scope for that attempt. Do not combine criteria or results from the two routes into one conclusion. If both paths need to be searched, create two attempt records, preserve a separate timestamp and evidence reference for each, and compare them only in an authorized downstream review with an expressly defined purpose.

The path name is a navigation label. Selecting the Individual Well Status Reports path does not establish that a particular report is valid, approved, operative, or connected to a property. Selecting the Report Summary Status path does not establish what happened to a submission or whether an agency action has legal effect.

Record the exact criteria for the chosen route

The current Individual Well Status Reports Query displays criteria that include Well Process Status, Report Type, Reason, Submitted From, Submitted To, District, Oil Lease No./Gas Well ID No., Field No., Operator No., and Tracking No. Source-displayed choices include Approved and Failed/Rejected for Well Process Status, G-10 and W-10 for Report Type, and Survey, Retest, and Correction for Reason.

The current Report Summary Status query displays a similar set of criteria, but its source label is Report Submission Status and its displayed choices include Deleted, Failed/Rejected, Pending Processing, and Processed. Preserve the exact label and choices visible on the selected route.

For every criterion used, record four things: the exact source label, any displayed default, whether the preparer changed it, and a controlled evidence reference for the actual value. Also record which controls were selected and what page state followed.

Do not publish real values in a reusable worksheet. Use placeholders such as [controlled submitted range], [controlled district], [controlled lease or gas-well reference], [controlled field reference], [controlled operator reference], or [controlled tracking reference]. A criterion is an input to one search. It does not authenticate an identifier, prove a property relationship, or decide the meaning of a result.

Preserve status labels without adopting them as conclusions

Words such as Approved, Failed/Rejected, Deleted, Pending Processing, and Processed appear as source-displayed search choices. Record the exact label, path, and access time if a choice is used. Do not restate that interface value as MRX’s conclusion about a report, submission, well, regulatory obligation, or property.

The same rule applies to G-10, W-10, Survey, Retest, Correction, and every identifier label. The worksheet may preserve what the source displayed and what the preparer selected. It may not infer report accuracy, filing sufficiency, well condition, agency approval, regulatory compliance, production capability, ownership, title, acreage, legal effect, or value.

If a label is unclear, retain the exact wording and ask one neutral next question. Do not solve the ambiguity by importing a meaning from a different RRC system or an unofficial explanation.

Record navigation, results, errors, and PDF state

An attempt may stop at the application home, the selected query page, a validation message, an empty result area, a populated result area, an error, a PDF control, a rendered PDF, or an access boundary. Record the state neutrally:

• application home displayed and one route selected;
• chosen query page displayed with no submission;
• controlled criteria entered and the search control selected;
• source validation or required-field message displayed;
• result area displayed with no visible row;
• result area displayed with one or more visible rows;
• sought controlled reference displayed or not displayed;
• PDF link or control displayed or not displayed;
• PDF opened, printed, saved, or could not be accessed;
• error, timeout, session, or access state displayed; or
• source state could not be verified.

An empty initial result area is not a submitted search with no visible match. A submitted search with no visible match is not proof that no report, submission, well, or agency record exists. Preserve the action that preceded the state, the timestamp, the selected path, the controlled criteria reference, and the evidence reference.

The separate help pages for Individual Well Status Reports and Report Summary Status provide path-specific query, navigation, result, and PDF guidance. Cite only the help page for the path actually used. If a second help page is consulted, record why and do not merge its path-specific language into the active attempt.

Preserve a PDF as retrieval evidence, not a conclusion

If an authorized attempt exposes a PDF, record the exact path and source label, the action used to open it, access timestamp and timezone, controlled filename or repository reference, file type, page count if observed, and SHA-256 or another integrity value when permitted.

Do not publish the PDF, a screenshot, signature, report contents, source-displayed identifier, status, or substantive field in a reusable public worksheet. Do not infer that opening, printing, or saving a PDF authenticates its contents, proves continuing effect, establishes compliance, or connects it to a mineral interest. This worksheet documents retrieval provenance only.

If the PDF fails to render, record the displayed error, access conditions, and whether the link itself was present. Use unverified when the retained evidence is incomplete or cannot be reproduced.

Retain evidence in a controlled location

The reusable worksheet should contain a controlled reference, not the underlying sensitive evidence. A retained-evidence record can identify:

• attempt ID and worksheet version;
• authorized repository, case system, or evidence-vault location;
• capture, note, or PDF filename;
• capture timestamp and timezone;
• file SHA-256 or other integrity reference;
• source route and displayed page label;
• access role and retention rule; and
• whether a later reviewer independently repeated the retrieval.

Do not publish credentials, session tokens, cookies, private correspondence, personal contact details, actual lease or gas-well IDs, field numbers, operator numbers, tracking numbers, criteria, result rows, screenshots, PDFs, property identifiers, production records, or internal case notes. Share underlying material only with authorized recipients through an approved channel and for a stated purpose.

Assign only a bounded retrieval status

Choose one status after the attempt:

1. Located: the recorded route exposed the specific controlled reference sought.
2. Not located: the recorded attempt did not expose that reference using the stated criteria.
3. Unverified: the route, path choice, criteria, displayed state, PDF state, retained reference, or source limitation was not captured well enough to reproduce the attempt.

Located does not authenticate a report, interpret a status, establish compliance, prove production, or connect a result to a property or mineral interest. Not located does not prove absence. Unverified is the correct status when the evidence trail is incomplete.

End with one neutral next question. For example: should the attempt be repeated with a corrected controlled criterion, should the other GW10 path receive its own attempt ID, or should an authorized reviewer compare the retained reference with another expressly named official record? Do not end with a conclusion about report status, well condition, compliance, production, property, title, ownership, acreage, value, legal effect, offer quality, or a transaction.

Protect the mineral owner’s information

Store real criteria, identifiers, results, screenshots, PDFs, property, title, production, payment, and correspondence details in an access-controlled location. Share only records you are authorized to provide and disclose why each record is 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 public agency, title examiner, attorney, engineer, geologist, accountant, appraiser, regulator, or neutral fiduciary.

Final retrieval check

Before closing the attempt, confirm that the worksheet preserves the complete official route, exact source labels, one chosen query path, access time and timezone, controlled criteria, displayed navigation, result, error, or PDF state, retained reference, source limitations, bounded status, and one neutral next question. If one item 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 about a report, submission, source-displayed status, well condition, compliance, production, property connection, title, ownership, acreage, value, offer quality, legal effect, or transaction.

Frequently asked questions

Does a displayed G-10/W-10 status prove the condition or compliance of a well?

No. A source-displayed label is recorded as interface state only. This worksheet does not interpret a report, submission, well condition, approval, rejection, processing, regulatory compliance, production, property connection, title, ownership, value, or legal effect.

Are Individual Well Status Reports and Report Summary Status the same search?

No claim of equivalence should be made. The official home presents them as separate choices with separate routes and source-labeled status criteria. Record one chosen path per attempt and preserve the other as out of scope.

Does not located mean that no G-10 or W-10 report exists?

No. Not located describes one recorded attempt using stated criteria at a stated time. Criteria, path choice, source coverage, interface state, access limits, or another official route may require a separately scoped retrieval.

What should be retained when the source exposes a PDF?

Record the path, source label, access timestamp, controlled filename or evidence reference, and an integrity value when authorized. Do not publish the report, identifiers, substantive contents, signatures, or conclusions in a reusable public worksheet.

Can a reusable worksheet publish real lease, gas-well, field, operator, tracking, result, or PDF details?

No. Keep actual criteria, identifiers, results, screenshots, PDFs, and source-displayed details in an authorized controlled location. Reusable public examples should remain blank.

Sources

• Railroad Commission of Texas, Research Queries (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, G-10/W-10 Well Status Reports (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, G-10/W-10 Public Query Help (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Individual Well Status Reports Query (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, the Report Summary Status Query (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Individual Well Status Reports Help (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, the Report Summary Status Help page (accessed 2026-08-24)