Texas RRC Oil and Gas Lease Name Index Retrieval Provenance Worksheet

Direct answer for mineral owners

Select one source-displayed month, choose Oil or Gas and one RRC district, then open one linked Lease Name Index PDF manually. Preserve the official route, access time and timezone, selections, exact PDF URL or filename, access state, controlled reference, limitations, and only located, not located, or unverified. A listed name or identifier is a locator lead, not proof of property connection, current status, ownership, title, payment, production, value, legal effect, or a transaction decision.

Key takeaways for mineral owners

• One record covers one source-displayed month, one Oil or Gas selection, one RRC district, and one linked Lease Name Index PDF.
• Preserve the exact source page and PDF artifact rather than substituting Production by Lease, New Lease IDs, Wellbore, GIS, or another route.
• Keep searched text, matched rows, and retained files in an authorized controlled reference rather than publishing owner-specific locator details.
• Use only located, not located, or unverified; not located describes the single attempt and does not prove absence.
• A listed lease name, field, organization, oil lease number, or Gas ID does not establish private-property connection, current status, ownership, payment, production, value, or legal effect.

One-artifact locator boundary. This article documents one manual retrieval attempt for exactly one Texas Railroad Commission Oil and Gas Lease Name Index PDF selected by source-displayed month, Oil or Gas, and RRC district. It does not automate, bulk retrieve, interpret, or join an index row to a private property. It does not determine current operator status, property connection, ownership, title, acreage, lease effect, royalty decimal, payment entitlement, production attribution, reserves, value, offer quality, compliance, legal or tax effect, or transaction action. It does not provide legal, title, land, regulatory, engineering, environmental, geological, tax, accounting, appraisal, investment, or financial advice. MRX provides educational information and resources only and does not buy mineral rights.

A Texas RRC Oil and Gas Lease Name Index retrieval worksheet preserves one exact evidence path: source page, access time and timezone, page-updated date, displayed month, Oil or Gas selection, district, linked PDF artifact, access state, controlled search reference, retained-reference location, limitations, and only located, not located, or unverified.

The output is a locator provenance record. A displayed lease name, field name, organization name, oil lease number, or Gas ID is not proof that the row is current, complete, connected to a particular property, or relevant to a private mineral interest.

Confirm that the Lease Name Index is the right source

The official Oil and Gas Lease Name Index page says the PDFs list Texas oil leases and gas wells by RRC district and then alphabetically by lease name. It says the indexes include field name, operator name, and oil lease or Gas ID number and are updated monthly.

Use this workflow only when the authorized job is to retrieve one of those page-linked monthly PDFs and preserve how the attempt occurred. The broader Research and Statistics page lists the Lease Name Index under Well Information, separately from production data, proration schedules, well records, and other resources.

Do not use this worksheet for:

• a Production by Lease query;
• the New Lease IDs Built Query;
• a Wellbore Query or Public GIS Viewer search;
• a broad multi-route production-record locator;
• interpreting a row, comparing operators, or evaluating production; or
• deciding whether an offer, lease, title position, payment, or transaction is correct.

Lock one month, record class, and district before opening a PDF

The source page organizes links under a displayed month, with separate Gas and Oil columns and district labels. Record all three selections before opening a PDF:

1. the month exactly as displayed on the source page;
2. either Oil or Gas, never both in one record; and
3. one district label exactly as displayed.

If any selection changes, start a new provenance record. Do not combine multiple months, both record classes, several districts, or several PDFs into one outcome. That separation prevents a later reader from guessing which artifact produced a note.

Record the source-page URL, access date, clock time, timezone, and the page’s displayed last-updated date. A date inside the PDF and the page-updated date are different fields; preserve each only when the source displays it.

Preserve the exact PDF artifact

Open the one selected link manually. Record the final PDF URL, source-displayed link context, filename when exposed, HTTP or viewer state, and access timestamp. If policy permits retaining the file, preserve it in an authorized controlled location and record a neutral retained-reference ID. Do not place a downloaded index containing real rows in a public repository or public worksheet.

One current page-linked District 8 Oil Lease Name Index PDF reviewed during source QA displayed an index date, Oil Lease Name Index label, district, and columns for lease name, field name, organization name, and lease number. That review supports the document-structure description only. This article publishes no row and does not treat any displayed name or number as property, ownership, status, production, value, or transaction evidence.

If the link fails, the browser blocks the file, the document is not a PDF, the expected district or record-class context cannot be confirmed, or the artifact changes during the attempt, record the exact state and use unverified. Do not substitute a nearby link or another RRC system without starting a separate record.

Keep searched text and matches controlled

The public worksheet does not need an owner’s lease name, operator, organization, ID, property, or matched row. Store the exact searched text and any match note under a controlled-reference ID. Preserve spelling, punctuation, spacing, and capitalization as entered or viewed; do not silently normalize them into a stronger identity claim.

If the PDF viewer supports a manual find operation, record the searched text by controlled reference and the viewer state. A text hit is located only within the selected artifact. It does not prove that similarly named rows are the same lease, that an organization is the current operator, or that the artifact connects to an owner’s tract.

Use only three bounded outcomes

Use one of these outcomes:

• located: the controlled searched text was visibly located in the one selected PDF during the recorded attempt;
• not located: the controlled searched text was not located in that one PDF during the recorded attempt; or
• unverified: access, artifact identity, viewer behavior, source context, or evidence capture was insufficient to support either of the other states.

Never shorten not located to absent, does not exist, or no record. A different month, Oil or Gas selection, district, spelling, artifact, or system may produce a different state. The worksheet documents one attempt, not the universe of Commission or private records.

Keep the PDF index separate from online queries

The official Research Queries directory lists distinct online systems and warns against automated volume retrieval. It also says the online-query data sets are informational, continually updated, non-authoritative, and without legal force.

The Lease Name Index page is a monthly PDF index route, not an online query. Do not relabel it as a query or import a result from Production by Lease, New Lease IDs Built, Wellbore, GIS, or another application into this record. This workflow independently prohibits scraping, automation, bulk collection, repeated retrieval, access-control bypass, and route substitution.

Blank one-PDF provenance template

Field	What to preserve
Retrieval ID	Neutral identifier with no owner-specific locator
Source page	Exact Lease Name Index page URL
Source accessed at	Date, clock time, and explicit timezone
Page updated date	Exact source-displayed date or not displayed
Selected month	One month exactly as displayed
Record class	Oil or Gas
RRC district	One source-displayed district label
PDF link context	Month, record class, and district link selected
Final PDF URL or filename	Exact artifact locator
Artifact accessed at	Date, clock time, and explicit timezone
Access state	Opened, HTTP error, viewer error, unexpected artifact, or unverified
Controlled search reference	Neutral pointer to exact searched text; no private value in public copy
Outcome	Located, not located, or unverified
Controlled retained reference	Authorized location for retained file or capture, when permitted
Limitations	One-artifact boundary and prohibited inferences
Handoff owner	Authorized next reviewer and narrow next task

Keep the template blank until an authorized attempt supplies each field. Do not insert example lease names, organizations, IDs, properties, owners, matches, values, or conclusions that could be mistaken for evidence.

Handoff without expanding the claim

A useful handoff lets the next authorized reviewer identify the exact source page, selected month, record class, district, PDF, access time, controlled search reference, retained artifact, attempt state, and limitations. It does not turn the index into a deed, operator-status certificate, division order, production report, royalty statement, appraisal, offer analysis, or legal conclusion.

If a later workflow needs to connect a locator lead to a property or private right, open a separately scoped evidence task with qualified review. Do not bridge that gap inside the Lease Name Index retrieval record.

The retrieval job is complete when one neutral provenance record preserves the exact route, artifact, controlled reference, bounded outcome, limitations, and responsible next owner. Interpretation and decision-making remain separate workflows.

Sources reviewed for this article

• Texas RRC, Oil and Gas Lease Name Index
• Texas RRC, Research and Statistics
• Texas RRC, Research Queries
• Texas RRC, July 2026 District 8 Oil Lease Name Index PDF

Frequently asked questions

Is the Oil and Gas Lease Name Index an online query?

No. The official RRC page presents monthly PDF index links by Oil or Gas and district. Keep this PDF retrieval separate from the agency online query systems.

Does a listed lease name or ID prove that the record applies to my mineral interest?

No. It is a locator lead in one selected index artifact. Property connection, private ownership, title, acreage, lease effect, royalty entitlement, and payment rights require separate evidence and qualified review.

What does not located mean?

It means only that the controlled searched text was not located during one recorded attempt in one selected PDF. It does not prove that a lease, well, filing, property connection, right, or other record is absent.

Can I combine Oil and Gas or several districts in one worksheet?

No. Start a separate provenance record when the month, record class, district, or PDF artifact changes so the evidence path stays auditable.

Should a public worksheet include the searched lease name or a matched row?

Not by default. Preserve owner-specific search text, displayed rows, downloaded files, and match notes in an authorized controlled reference and publish only neutral provenance fields.

Sources reviewed for this article

• Texas RRC, Oil and Gas Lease Name Index (accessed 2026-08-25)
• Texas RRC, Research and Statistics (accessed 2026-08-25)
• Texas RRC, Research Queries (accessed 2026-08-25)
• Texas RRC, July 2026 District 8 Oil Lease Name Index PDF (accessed 2026-08-25)