Frequently in Texas, leases may not be assigned a lease number. Operators will report production under the Pending Lease bulk file until the RRC assigns a lease number.
Here is an example of a Texas lease with 152 wells, with no production and no lease number assigned.
RRC's Production Report for Pending Leases
This data sets contains a dump of the Production Reports for Pending Leases Database. When a lease has not yet been assigned an official Lease ID by the RRC, the operator will report production on this “pending lease” by using some other identifying information [API (American Petroleum Institute) number or drilling permit number).
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