What is Parent Company?
WellDatabase has created the "Parent Company" to give users additional insight into M&A activity when a company is acquired but continues to report production under the acquired company name.
The Parent Company feature lets you view and filter data by ownership, helping you analyze assets and activity across related operators even when wells report under acquired company names.
Why Parent Company Matters
In oil and gas, companies are frequently acquired or reorganized, and wells may continue to report under legacy names. The Parent Company feature helps you:
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See consolidated production and assets under a corporate owner
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Simplify competitor analysis and reporting
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Analyze geographic trends across all related operators
Using Parent Company Filters
When you filter by a parent company, you can use the Operator – Aliased filter to view all associated companies operating under that parent. This helps you better understand organizational relationships within your dataset.

Visualizing Parent Company in Analytics
To visualize this data more effectively, keep the parent company filter applied and navigate to the Dashboards section. In this example, the map is colored by Current Operator – Aliased, and the analytics are grouped by Current Operator – Aliased. This consistent categorization makes it easy to see where each company is operating and to identify geographic trends and organizational structure. 
Alternatively, you can color your well spots by Current Operator – Aliased and group your analytics by Parent Company. Hovering over a slice of the pie chart will highlight the corresponding wells on the map, and clicking a slice will filter the view to only those wells.

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