Texas RRC Oil & Gas Well Operator Scraper

Scrapes Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) oil and gas well data. Returns API number, operator, lease, field, county, district, well type, on-schedule status, and drilled depth. Covers all 13 RRC districts and over 300k wells. Built for mineral rights research, energy analytics, and landman databases.

What it returns

Each result is one well record with these fields:

Field	Description
api_number	8-digit API well number (RRC format)
state	State abbreviation (TX)
district	RRC district code (01-10, 6E, 7B, 7C, 8A)
county	County name
lease_number	RRC oil lease number or gas well ID
lease_name	Name of the lease
well_number	Well number within the lease
field_name	Oil or gas field name
operator_name	Current operator company name
well_type	Well type code (see below)
on_schedule	Whether well is on proration schedule (Y/N)
api_depth	Total drilled depth in feet
source_url	Direct URL to the well record on the RRC EWA system

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
districts	array	Yes	RRC district codes to search. Valid: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 6E, 7B, 7C, 08, 8A, 09, 10
counties	array	No	Texas county FIPS codes (3-digit, e.g. 021 for Bastrop). Leave empty to iterate all oil-producing counties.
wellTypes	array	Yes	Well type codes: PR (Producing), SH (Shut In), AB (Abandoned), TA (Temp Abandoned), IN (Injection), NP (No Production)
maxItems	integer	Yes	Maximum number of well records to return

Example input

{
  "districts": ["01", "02"],
  "counties": ["021", "029"],
  "wellTypes": ["PR"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example output

{
  "api_number": "4201500001",
  "state": "TX",
  "district": "01",
  "county": "BASTROP",
  "lease_number": "00001",
  "lease_name": "STATE BASTROP",
  "well_number": "1",
  "field_name": "CEDAR CREEK",
  "operator_name": "PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA INC",
  "well_type": "PR",
  "on_schedule": "Y",
  "api_depth": "6500",
  "source_url": "https://webapps2.rrc.texas.gov/EWA/wellboreQueryAction.do"
}

Well type codes

Code	Description
PR	Producing — well currently producing oil or gas
SH	Shut In — production suspended but well is capable
AB	Abandoned — well permanently plugged and abandoned
TA	Temporarily Abandoned — inactive, not yet plugged
IN	Injection — used for enhanced recovery or disposal
NP	No Production — drilled but never produced

Data source

Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) Enhanced Web Access (EWA) system — the official public portal for Texas oil and gas well information. Updated by operators per RRC reporting requirements.

Direct link: https://webapps2.rrc.texas.gov/EWA/

Use cases

• Mineral rights research — identify operators and production status for specific tracts
• Energy analytics — enumerate wells by district, field, or operator
• Landman databases — build or refresh lease/operator records across all 13 RRC districts
• Regulatory monitoring — track well status changes (producing to abandoned, etc.)

Notes

• RRC EWA returns up to 1,000 results per query. The actor searches by district x county x well type to stay within this limit.
• County codes follow the Texas FIPS 3-digit format. If counties is empty, the actor iterates all oil and gas producing counties in each requested district.
• The actor respects rate limits with 300 ms delays between requests to avoid overloading the RRC system.