New York Natural Gas & Oil Production
Online Production Data Options
New York requires the operator of an oil or gas well to file an Annual Well Report before March 31st each year to report on well status and production values of the previous calendar year. Well status and production values remain confidential for the first six months after a reporting period. The Division attempts to post that data on our site shortly after July 1 of each year. The Division of Mineral Resources has been providing digital production data since 1986. We continue to offer this data in several formats. These formats include our searchable online database with production histories from 1985 forward, zipped annual production files in .dbf format also from 1985 forward and historic summary production data from 1967 through 1999. The scanned PDF copies of these reports can also be found through the Empire State Oil and Gas Information System (ESOGIS). See the link on the right side of this page "Links Leaving DEC's Website." Please contact us with any questions related to the available datasets.
2013 well status and production values are posted to the searchable database and are available as downloadable zip files as of July 1, 2014
Searchable Online Database
The searchable oil and gas online database offers users the ability to tailor information searches. In 2008, the production search capabilities were expanded to include production data from 1985 forward for gas wells and higher volume oil wells. After 2000 all oil and gas production wells are reported through the Annual Well Report. Extensive help on this application is available for your use by clicking the General Search Tips/Help link on the Home Page of the searchable database .
Yearly Oil and Gas Production Files (zipped format)
Click on a year to download the available production data file(s) for that year. The file format is given below
1985 zip file - 41 kB
1986 zip file - 129 kB
1987 zip file - 152 kB
1988 zip file - 134 kB
1989 zip file - 163 kB
1990 zip file - 165 kB
1991 zip file - 171 kB
1992 zip file - 172 kB
1993 zip file - 173 kB
1994 zip file - 174kB
1995 zip file - 376 kB Revised 10/30/07
1996 zip file - 169 kB
1997 zip file - 168 kB
1998 zip file - 167 kB
1999 zip file - 171 kB
2000 zip file - 177 kB
2001 zip file - 183 kB
2002 zip file - 285 kB Revised 07/01/2013
2003 zip file - 294 kB Revised 07/01/2013
2004 zip file - 290 kB Revised 07/01/2013
2005 zip file - 294 kB Revised 07/01/2013
2006 zip file - 423 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2007 zip file - 457 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2008 zip file - 457 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2009 zip file - 455 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2010 zip file - 462 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2011 zip file - 466 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2012 zip file - 455 kB Revised 06/23/2014
2013 zip file - 409 kB Posted 07/01/2014
Files from 1985 to 2005 are in .dbf format, files from 2006 and forward are in .csv format with the following fields:
| Field Name | Explanation |
|---|---|
| API_WELLNO | 14-Digit API well number |
| CNTY | Name of the county where the well is located |
| CONAME | Name of the company operating the well |
| HOLE | 5-Digit number identifying the wellbore |
| SIDETRCK | 2-Digit sidetrack identifying code |
| COMPLETION | 2-Digit completion identifying code |
| WELL_TYP | Type of well |
| FIELD | Name of the oil or gas field that the well produces from |
| WL_STATUS | Status of the well during the production year |
| WELL_NM | Name of the well |
| TOWN | Town where the is located |
| PROD_FORM | Formation from which the well produces oil or gas |
| PRODUCTION | Months that the well was in production for reporting year |
| GAS | Gas (Mcf) produced from the well during the production year |
| WATER | Water (bbl) produced from the well during the production year |
| OILPROD | Oil (bbl) produced from the well during the production year |
| YEAR | Production year being reported |
This data was entered by Department staff or received in an electronic format via the Annual Well Report. From 1985 to 1999 all gas wells are reported and only higher volume oil wells (typically Bass Island production). Data rows are sorted by County and then by Company Name. From 2000 forward, all oil and gas wells reported by a company are included in the file. Each row in the dataset is an individual well; wells are sorted by Operator, then county, town field, and formation.
Summary Production Data
The Division first collected oil and gas production data in 1967. This data is grouped by Company Name, County, Town, Field, Formation, Lease and Production Volumes. These data were summarized for various reports. The Division digitized this summary data and offers it in a zipped .dbf file format. The summary production history file (Revised 9/10/2009 zip file 726 KB) contains production records between 1967 and 1999. In 2000 the summary system was abandoned in favor of having all operators report annual oil and gas production values for each well individually.
The summary production data file is in .dbf format with the following fields:
| Field Name | Explanation |
|---|---|
| PYEAR | Production year |
| PDATE | Date that production data was entered |
| PORGNO | Operator number |
| PCTY | County code |
| PTOWN | Town name |
| PFLD | Field name |
| PFORM | Producing formation name |
| OILA | Number of oil wells active |
| OILI | Number of oil wells inactive |
| GASA | Number of gas wells active |
| GASI | Number gas wells inactive |
| INJECT | Number of injection wells |
| DISPOSAL | Number of disposal wells |
| SELF | Designation if wells are for self use |
| OIL | Oil volume produced (bbl) |
| GAS | Gas volume produced (Mcf) |
| WATER | Water volume produced (bbl) |
| PBRCODES | Buyer code |
| PCOMM | Comments |
| TGAS | Taxable gas |
| PBUYG | Gas buyer code |
| PBUYO | Oil buyer code |
| PBUYGORG | Gas buyer organization number |
| PBUYOORG | Oil buyer organization number |
| PMODIFY | Login of last modifier |
| PREVDATE | Revision date |
This summary data was entered for the Division's use and has not been verified for quality control purpose.
