Production

The law requires the owner of any well capable of producing oil and gas to report oil, gas and brine production data annually on each well to the Division by March 31 for the preceding calendar year (Ohio Revised Code Section 1509.11). Exempt domestic well owners are not required to file production statements.

Annual production information may be obtained electronically, by year, beginning in calendar year 1984. Each record has the following fields: production year, county, township, API well number, permit number, owner name, well name, well number, oil (barrels), gas (mcf), brine (barrels), days in production, date completed and the plugging date (if applicable). These files are in an Excel spreadsheet which has been compressed  into an .exe file.

Production data is compiled based upon the information provided to us by the oil and gas well owners. Therefore, the Division can neither guarantee the accuracy of the information, nor guarantee that the information set forth herein reflects all of the production of oil and gas that has occurred in a county or year.

Risk Based Data Management System (RBDMS) Database

The RBDMS contains comprehensive well data for over 100,000 wells permitted since 1980. Historical well card information from the Division of Geological Survey for wells permitted before 1980 has also been added to the database. RBDMS requires Microsoft Access and at least 700mb of hard drive space to run. It can be downloaded from the above link or is available free on CD by contacting Vickie McKinney at (614) 265-6916.

Download RBDMS Weekly Update
The weekly update is available through the Internet. Any new additions or changes to RBDMS are provided in the update.

Instructions - To run the update, click here and then perform these steps:

• Click "Run".
• Click "Run" again.
• Click "Allow" or "OK" to any security warnings.
• Click "Unzip".
• Wait until finished. (The update takes about 15 minutes with a T1 line.)
• Click "OK" and "Close". Update is now complete.

Contact Gregg Miller for further assistance.