Correcting Historical OGOR Inventory Discrepancies During a Production Accounting System Upgrade
By: Rebecca Long (Trujillo), Production Manager | Last updated: October 2026 At a Glance Client Upstream operator, Greater Green River Basin (Wyoming) Scope Hundreds of Federal lease agreements; ONRR OGOR reporting Challenge Calculated ending inventories didn’t match actual tank gauges and had carried forward for about 6 months on each affecte
ECMC Form 44 Flowline Registration
By: Stephany Olsen | Last updated: October 14, 2026 A strong ECMC Form 44 registration is complete, internally consistent, and technically defensible. The pressure test, GIS alignment, and technical attributes should all tell the same story, and the operator should choose deliberately whether to register lines by end point or as a flowline system, because [&hel
The production accounting software our team works in, from field entry to agency filing
By: Blythe Hart (Befus) · October 2026 Month-end close starts in the field. Gauge readings, run tickets, and meter data flow into a production system, get allocated back to each well, and end up on state production reports and the OGOR. When any link in that chain breaks, the error shows up weeks later as […]
BLM’s APD Processing Fee Expired: What Operators Need to Know
By: Ashley Noonan | Last updated: October 3, 2026 At a glance The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) authority to collect the Application for Permit to Drill (APD) processing fee expired on September 30, 2026. APDs submitted in BLM’s Automated Fluid Minerals Support System (AFMSS) on or after October 1, 2026, do not require a […]
Wellbore Diagram Submittals: Rules, Requirements, and Common Pitfalls
What Colorado operators need to know before the next filing By: Aubrey Wood (Noonan)|Last updated: September 17, 2026 A wellbore diagram is rarely the reason a filing gets approved. It is frequently the reason a filing gets returned — and the operator who assumes the diagram on file is still accurate is the one who […]
Understanding the Requirements Behind Accurate Federal OGOR Production Reporting (ONRR).
By: Rebecca Long (Trujillo) |Last updated: August 27, 2026 OGOR reporting is rarely a problem in the month it is filed. It becomes a problem months later, when a misplaced measurement point or a carried-forward inventory has quietly grown into a reporting history nobody has reviewed. The Oil and Gas Operations Report (OGOR) is the […]
Colorado Form 6 Well Abandonment: What Makes a P&A Filing Stand Up to ECMC Review.
By: Julie Gordon (Webb)|Last updated: August 24, 2026 Form 6 filings rarely get attention until one comes back with comments — but they quietly decide whether a P&A program runs on schedule and whether your team spends its time on the next well or the last one. ECMC Form 6 is the well abandonment report […]
Utah’s New Oil and Gas Bonding Rules Are Live. Here’s What Operators Should Be Checking Now.
Progressive Insights · Regulatory Analysis By: Ashley Noonan | Last updated: August 10, 2026 The first overhaul of Utah’s financial assurance program in more than two decades took effect July 8 — and the Division’s bonding assessment letters are going out now. On July 8, 2026, Utah’s updated oil and gas bonding require
Wyoming Sage-Grouse EO: 2026 Draft Changes
By: Ashley Noonan | Last updated: August 10, 2026 Greater sage-grouse in southwest Wyoming, Tom Koerner/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/greater-sage-grouse-southwest-wyoming The short version: Wyoming’s draft 2026 Sage-Grouse Executive Order is not yet signed — the comment period closed July 31, and a final version is expected in rou
NMOCD 2023 Northwest Bradenhead Test Schedule Deadline 10.30.23
As a reminder, the deadline for “Area A” bradenhead tests is this coming Monday, October 30th, 2023. (All tests and forms submitted by November 1st) • Township 32 North, Ranges 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 West• Township 31 North, Ranges 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 West • Township 30 North, Ranges […]