Texas RRC Inactive Well Aging Report Retrieval Provenance Worksheet

Direct answer

Give one official Inactive Well Aging Report query attempt a neutral ID. Record the directory and application routes, exact source labels, selected criteria, access timestamp and timezone, displayed state, retained reference, source limitation, and only located, not located, or unverified. This proves how the retrieval was attempted; it does not establish an inactive period, compliance, renewal, property relationship, value, or transaction fact.

Key takeaways

• Keep the separately indexed Inactive Well Aging Report Query and Inactive Well Query routes distinct.
• Preserve each page label exactly, including the launched application body and HTML-title mismatch.
• Record the selected inactivity type and other criteria in a controlled reference, not a reusable public example.
• Capture access time, timezone, navigation, result state, retained reference, and source limitations.
• Use only located, not located, or unverified, then stop before operating, compliance, renewal, ownership, valuation, legal, or transaction conclusions.

Public-record retrieval boundary. This article records one Texas RRC Inactive Well Aging Report query attempt. It does not interpret an inactivity type, inactive period, result, extension, cost field, compliance date, renewal label, operator, API number, lease, well, county, field, location, plugging field, completion date, or source limitation. It does not establish property connection, title, ownership, acreage, lease effect, operator or well status, compliance, financial assurance, plugging duty, production, cash flow, value, offer quality, legal effect, or a transaction result. It does not provide legal, title, land, tax, accounting, appraisal, engineering, geological, environmental, 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 Inactive Well Aging Report retrieval worksheet answers one narrow question: exactly how was one official IWAR query attempt performed? Record the official entry route, every source-displayed page label, access timestamp and timezone, selected inactivity type, other controlled criteria, navigation or result 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 whether a well has a particular inactive period, whether an operator or well is compliant, whether a P-5 renewal or plugging extension has a particular status, or whether a displayed record applies to a private mineral interest.

Start with the exact IWAR route

The Railroad Commission of Texas Research Queries directory lists Inactive Well Aging Report Query as an Oil & Gas route. The official Oil & Gas Data Query menu lists that query separately from P-5 Renewal Status Query and Inactive Well Query. Preserve the full directory and menu routes instead of reducing all three to a generic phrase such as RRC inactive-well search.

The launched Inactive Well Aging Report Query uses the route inactiveWellQueryAction.do. The general Inactive Well Query uses the separate inactiveWellAllQueryAction.do route. A shared operator, district, lease, field, county, API, or well label does not merge those two query systems or prove that their returned information has the same scope, timing, meaning, or private-property relationship.

For broader source orientation, use Texas Railroad Commission: How to Use Public Records to Understand Your Mineral Rights. For the other route’s attempt-level documentation, use the Texas RRC Inactive Well Query Retrieval Provenance Worksheet. Do not combine the two worksheets.

Preserve the current page-label mismatch

The launched application’s visible body currently says Inactive Well Aging Report (IWAR) Query, while its HTML title says P-5 Renewal Status Query. Record both labels with the route, access time, and source context in which each appeared. Do not silently correct one label, collapse them into a new label, or use the mismatch to infer a data error, record class, renewal condition, compliance state, or legal effect.

The provenance record may state only what was displayed: the official directory and menu named an Inactive Well Aging Report Query, the launched application’s body used the IWAR wording, and the page title exposed different wording at the recorded time. If a later attempt displays different labels, create a new attempt record rather than overwriting the first one.

Create an attempt header before entering criteria

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

• the official directory route and exact directory label;
• the Oil & Gas Data Query menu route and exact menu label;
• the launched application route, body label, and page-title label;
• access date, time, and timezone;
• preparer role and worksheet version;
• stated purpose, limited to IWAR retrieval;
• source-stated update, access, display, search, download, and result limitations; and
• the controlled location where real criteria and retained evidence will be stored.

Create a new attempt ID for every rerun. Do not replace an earlier query record because a label, criterion, result, page state, help screen, or access condition changed.

Capture the selected inactivity type exactly

The current application displays an Inactivity Type selector. Its options distinguish all inactive wells from wells displayed in five-year-or-more and ten-year-or-more groupings, and distinguish a current-date reference from a next-P-5-renewal reference. Preserve the exact option selected as displayed during the attempt. Do not shorten it to 5 years, 10 years, current, or renewal because that removes part of the source label.

The IWAR Query How To describes an operator-and-inactivity-type route and a separate other-criteria route. It also states that an other-criteria search defaults to an all-inactive-wells/current-date inactivity type. Record whether a value was selected by the user or appeared as the source’s default. A default is still part of the attempt’s provenance; it is not a conclusion about a well.

Preserve other criteria without publishing them

The current IWAR application exposes operator selection plus other source-displayed criteria, including oil or gas well type, district, lease or gas-well identifier, county, field, and API-number entry. The official How To page also describes separate operator, lease, and field search steps. Record only the criteria actually used, the exact labels shown, whether a value was entered or selected, and the controlled reference where the value is retained.

Do not populate a reusable public example with a real operator name or number, API number, district, lease number, gas-well ID, county, field, or result. A criteria value is a locator input. It does not prove that a returned operator, lease, well, field, county, or property is connected to the mineral interest being researched.

If the user opened an operator, lease, or field selector, preserve that navigation as its own step. Record the displayed search mode, the controlled criterion, the selected row reference, the return path, and the time. Do not treat a selection list as a substantive IWAR result.

Record the navigation that actually occurred

Preserve the route as a sequence:

Research Queries directory → Oil & Gas Data Query menu → Inactive Well Aging Report Query → selected inactivity type and controlled criteria → displayed validation, result, error, download, or next-navigation state

For each step, record the complete controlled route reference, exact displayed label, action taken, access time and timezone, whether the page loaded or changed, and the next step selected. If a session ended, a constraint appeared, the page did not expose the narrow reference sought, or the attempted relationship remained unclear, use not located or unverified.

Do not extend that status to a well, operator, lease, field, property, mineral interest, report, renewal, extension, plugging matter, or compliance question.

Treat result fields as displayed labels, not conclusions

The official IWAR Query About page describes categories that may appear in IWAR data, including API number, operator name, oil-or-gas designation, district, lease name and number, well number, county, field name, depth, location, shut-in date, inactivity, extension status, cost calculation, compliance date, plugged-well field, and original completion date. The page also states a monthly update schedule.

Those are source descriptions and field labels. This worksheet does not interpret an individual value, confirm that an update occurred, decide whether the displayed data are accurate or current, calculate inactivity, establish compliance, interpret an extension or cost field, or determine a plugging or renewal obligation.

The IWAR results help describes search-criteria display, result columns, sorting, pagination, detail links, and a download option. Record only the result-page state and navigation that occurred: visible criteria header, displayed result range, sort or page state, link or download action, and controlled retained-reference location. A downloaded file becomes a separate retained artifact with its own filename, hash if used, access time, source label, and limitations.

Preserve the official data limitation

The Research Queries directory states that 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 located IWAR reference cannot prove that the displayed inactive period, extension, compliance date, cost field, plugged-well field, operator, lease, well, location, or other value is complete, current, accurate, applicable to a private interest, or sufficient for a downstream decision. A not located attempt cannot prove that no IWAR record, inactive-well record, operator record, wellbore record, production record, or other official source exists.

Keep neighboring systems separate

• The general Inactive Well Query uses a separate route and owns its own current-data retrieval attempt.
• The P-5 Renewal Status Query uses a separate route. The IWAR application’s current HTML title does not authorize combining the two.
• The Organization (P-5) Query owns organization-record retrieval, not IWAR interpretation.
• The Wellbore Query, H-10 Query, proration queries, production systems, and Imaged Records each require separate attempt records.
• A lease, operator, API, field, county, well, or result label shared across screens does not establish that the records describe the same private mineral interest.

If another route is needed, create a separate attempt with its own purpose, source, criteria, time, status, retained reference, and limitation. Any later comparison is a separately scoped analysis, not part of this IWAR retrieval worksheet.

Use only bounded retrieval statuses

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

Located does not mean inactive for a verified period, noncompliant, renewed, extended, plugged, producing, connected to a property, owned, leased, valuable, or legally effective. Not located does not mean nonexistent. Unverified preserves uncertainty without alleging an error, omission, defect, violation, or false record.

Blank IWAR retrieval provenance worksheet

• Attempt ID: **_**
• Purpose: IWAR retrieval only
• Official directory route and label: **_**
• Oil & Gas Data Query menu route and label: **_**
• Launched application route: **_**
• Visible body label: **_**
• HTML-title label: **_**
• Access date, time, and timezone: **_**
• Selected inactivity type: **_**
• Other controlled criteria reference: **_**
• User-selected or source default: **_**
• Operator, lease, or field selector navigation: **_**
• Displayed validation, result, error, download, or navigation state: **_**
• Displayed result range, sorting, or page state: **_**
• Authorized retained-reference location and optional hash: **_**
• Source limitation preserved: yes / no / unverified
• Retrieval status: located / not located / unverified
• Neutral next retrieval question: **_**

Use one attempt per worksheet record. If a qualified reviewer later evaluates inactivity, extension, renewal, compliance, plugging, production, property linkage, title, legal effect, or value, preserve that work as a separate product with its own author, date, scope, assumptions, sources, limitations, and conclusions.

Privacy, disclosure, and handoff controls

Keep the reusable worksheet blank. Store real operator, API, lease, well, county, field, location, result, extension, cost, compliance, plugging, completion, screenshot, export, property, title, 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, every exact source label, access time and timezone, selected inactivity type, controlled criteria, user-selected or default state, navigation that occurred, displayed result or error state, retained reference, source limitation, bounded status, and a 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 an inactive period, extension, renewal, operator or well status, compliance, plugging, production, property connection, title, ownership, acreage, legal effect, value, offer quality, or a transaction.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Inactive Well Aging Report Query the same as the general Inactive Well Query?

No claim of equivalence should be made. The official menu lists separate routes: inactiveWellQueryAction.do for the Inactive Well Aging Report Query and inactiveWellAllQueryAction.do for the Inactive Well Query. This worksheet records only the IWAR route.

Why does the current application body say Inactive Well Aging Report while its HTML title says P-5 Renewal Status Query?

The worksheet preserves both source-displayed labels in their exact contexts. It does not infer that the labels describe the same record class, purpose, status, compliance condition, or legal effect.

Does a located IWAR result prove how long a well has been inactive or whether an operator or well is compliant?

No. Located means only that the recorded official attempt exposed the identified result reference. The worksheet does not interpret an inactive period, extension, compliance, renewal, plugging condition, operator status, lease, property relationship, or legal effect.

Does not located mean that no inactive-well or IWAR record exists?

No. Not located describes one attempt using stated criteria at a stated time. Criteria, interface state, coverage, updates, access limits, or another official route may require a separate retrieval step.

Can a reusable worksheet publish real operator, API, lease, well, field, county, result, or extension information?

No. Keep actual identifiers, criteria, results, exports, and screenshots 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, About Oil & Gas Data Queries (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil & Gas Data Query menu (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, Inactive Well Aging Report Query (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, IWAR Query About (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, IWAR Query How To (accessed 2026-08-24)
• Railroad Commission of Texas, IWAR Query Results How To (accessed 2026-08-24)