Texas RRC intelligence · 8 connected systems

Know what can stop production before it does.

LettersIQ connects eight Texas RRC systems to catch regulatory issues that can shut in wells, delay first sales, or interrupt revenue. Every morning, your team gets one prioritized briefing: what changed, what it affects, and what needs attention.

No spreadsheets · no eight-system morning check · only new exceptions

Example LettersIQ 7:00 AM briefing
7:00 AM Briefing
07:00 CT
Datasets
8
Changes
5
Critical
1
  • Critical — Production stopped2 leases exposed
    Commingle severance — Clam Lake
  • High — Production at risk14 days
    P-5 renewal — Brazos Bend Operating
  • Medium — Severance riskW-3X due
    Rule 15 inactive — Well 08-11234
  • Medium — Allowable blocked3 wells
    Proration delinquent — DLQ W-10
  • Low — Permit lapses22 days
    Drilling permit expiry — W-1
8 datasets · diffed dailyIllustrative portfolio

The morning loop

Stop checking the RRC. Start managing the exceptions.

LettersIQ continuously turns public regulatory records into a ranked list of the handful of things your team actually needs to look at.

A 7:00 AM briefing listing five findings in order of consequence: production stopped by a commingle severance at Clam Lake, a P-5 renewal due in fourteen days, a missing W-12 blocking first sales, a proration delinquency, and a drilling permit expiring in twenty-two days — drawn from 1,204 records reviewed overnight.

  1. 01 / OVERNIGHT

    Eight systems, read while you sleep.

    Severance orders, certified letters, P-5 status, Rule 15, proration, commingles, drilling permits, purchaser filings. Every night, all of them, against your whole Texas portfolio.

  2. 02 / THE CHANGE

    One record moves at 2:14 AM.

    A certified pre-severance letter is filed against a lease on a commingle you share. Nothing in your own filings changed. Nothing in your inbox changed either.

  3. 03 / THE CONNECTION

    The record is joined to what it touches.

    LettersIQ runs the P-17 commingle back to its co-members, then down to the leases and wells underneath. The exposure was never in one dataset. It was in the relationship between them.

  4. 04 / THE RANKING

    Findings are ordered by what they can stop.

    Production stopped outranks a permit that lapses in three weeks. Each line carries the consequence, the record behind it, and the next action, so nothing has to be re-derived at 7 AM.

  5. 05 / 7:00 AM

    Your team opens one list, not eight systems.

    The briefing lands before the first cup of coffee: what changed overnight, what it affects, and what needs attention. Everything else stays where it belongs — out of your morning.

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The P-17 blast radius

The RRC doesn't have to name you for it to become your problem.

A third-party operator sharing your surface commingle can create exposure for your leases. If one co-member is severed, every lease on that Form P-17 can stop producing — including yours.

A normal operator-number search misses that relationship. LettersIQ connects the P-17 records to severance data and monitors the entire commingle, not just your own filings.

  • Hidden upstream

    The trigger sits in another operator's record. The impact lands on your production.

  • One graph, every morning

    We rebuild the relationship from imaged P-17 filings and check every connected lease before your day begins.

This is what “connected regulatory intelligence” means.

Commingle graph
Critical
Surface commingle graph for Clam LakeA third-party lease on the Clam Lake surface commingle is severed. Two of your leases share that permit and are exposed.Clam Lake1845800108-12345McFaddin08-08559Yours08-09012Yours08-1123408-07777
  • Severed third-party
  • Your lease
  • Other lease on permit

Third-party lease 08-12345 (McFaddin Trust) on Clam Lake is under an outstanding severance.

Your leases 08-08559 and 08-09012 cannot produce until it clears.

Example surface commingleSource: RRC Form P-17

The morning briefing

One briefing. Your entire Texas portfolio.

LettersIQ turns public records into four operational answers, so your team can manage the exceptions instead of searching the RRC.

  1. 01

    What changed?

    New regulatory activity since the previous scan — without repeating the standing issues your team already knows about.

  2. 02

    What does it affect?

    The leases, wells, permits, commingles, purchasers, and operators connected to the issue.

  3. 03

    Why does it matter?

    Whether the change threatens production, first sales, compliance, or an approaching deadline.

  4. 04

    What needs attention next?

    The filing, deadline, or underlying issue your team should investigate — ranked by operational impact.

Signal loop
Once daily
How LettersIQ turns RRC filings into a briefingEight data sources are scanned, connected into one signal, and delivered as a 7 AM briefing.
  1. Scan
  2. Connect
  3. Brief
Public filings in → connected context and ranked action out

Operational outcomes

From regulatory issue to economic impact.

Not every compliance issue matters equally. LettersIQ prioritizes the changes that can interfere with production, first sales, and upcoming operating deadlines.

  • Prevent production interruptions

    Catch certified letters, P-5 deadlines, delinquent proration codes, and Rule 15 issues while there is still time to act.

  • Get wells to first sales faster

    Trace a missing allowable back through its filing dependencies so your team knows what to chase instead of where to search.

  • Reduce manual monitoring

    Replace spreadsheets and operator-by-operator searches with one ranked list of the changes that require attention.

  • De-risk asset acquisitions

    Run acquired Texas properties through LettersIQ before or immediately after closing to surface inherited regulatory obligations and connected exposure.

Allowable blocker
Blocking
Lease
03-00701 MCFADDIN STATE — Well 14D

No allowable (DLQ W-10)

Filing dependencies
  • W-2/G-1 completion report
    Accepted
  • W-12 directional survey
    Missing — required for horizontal wellbore
  • L-1 electric log
    On file
  • W-15 cementing report
    Pending
  • P-15 / plat
    On file
First sales blocked
W-12 missing
Next action: chase the directional survey
Example from a producing well with no allowable

Eight connected RRC systems

Eight RRC systems. One connected view.

We monitor regulatory activity across your operating portfolio, connect records that live in separate systems, and surface only what changed. Your team handles the handful of issues that need attention.

Daily

3 datasets
  • Severance & seal orders

    The original signal — plus an all-clear the day a lease is back in business.

  • Certified letters

    The last warning the Commission sends before a severance order. Catch it while there's still time to cure.

  • Proration schedules

    Delinquent codes (DLQ W-10, DLQ FORM, H-15 VIOL) and allowable changes, diffed off the schedule every day.

Weekly

5 datasets
  • P-5 renewal

    A 60 / 30 / 14 / 7-day countdown to your organization report expiry. An unrenewed P-5 severs every lease you have.

  • Rule 15 / inactive wells

    5- and 10-year inactivity milestones, W-3X extension status, and wells that newly hit the inactive aging report.

  • Surface commingling (P-17)

    Blast-radius monitoring — a severance on any lease sharing your commingle stops your production too.

  • Drilling permits (W-1)

    A countdown to the 2-year no-spud expiry, verified against the wellbore record so you're only warned on undrilled permits.

  • Gatherer / purchaser (P-4)

    Lost market outlets and operator-of-record transfers the day the Commission processes them.

Pricing

Priced on the portfolio you operate.

Every monitored dataset, connected-record alert, and morning briefing is included in every plan. You choose the size of the portfolio it protects.

Essential

UP TO 100 LEASES
$399/ month

For single-basin operators who need the whole RRC picture without a compliance team.

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Operator

MOST OPERATORS
UP TO 500 LEASES
$999/ month

For multi-field operators where one severance can interrupt revenue across several counties.

Check My Operator

Enterprise

500+ LEASES
Custom

For large portfolios, acquisition diligence, and teams that need LettersIQ alongside their own systems.

Check My Operator
Included in every planNo feature gates
Daily briefing delivered 7:00 AM CT
Severance, seal & certified-letter alerts
P-5 renewal countdown & Rule 15 blockers
Proration delinquent-code & allowable diffs
Commingle blast-radius monitoring
Drilling-permit expiry & P-4 change alerts
Connected context and next-step guidance
Multi-lease management included
8
DATASETS
1
CONNECTED VIEW
7 AM
BRIEFING
Annual billing available on every planMonitoring begins after operator setup

FAQ

Built for operators, not data analysts.

LettersIQ is not another database your team has to learn. Here is how the monitoring, connected-record analysis, and pricing work.

What is LettersIQ?
LettersIQ is a regulatory operations intelligence service for Texas oil and gas operators. It monitors public Texas Railroad Commission records, connects related filings across systems, and delivers a prioritized morning briefing showing what changed, what it affects, why it matters, and what needs attention.
What does LettersIQ monitor?
Eight public RRC systems: severance and seal orders, certified pre-severance letters, P-5 organization status, Rule 15 inactive wells, proration schedules and allowables, surface commingling permits (P-17), drilling permits (W-1), and gatherer or purchaser filings (P-4).
What appears in the morning briefing?
The briefing contains new regulatory activity since the previous scan, the leases and records connected to each issue, the likely operational impact, and the filing, deadline, or underlying problem your team should investigate. It is delivered around 7:00 AM CT.
How is this different from checking an operator number?
An operator-number search only returns records filed against that operator. LettersIQ also maps relationships across datasets, so it can surface risks created by another operator, a shared P-17 commingle, or a filing dependency that lives in a different RRC system.
What is commingle blast radius?
If several leases share one surface commingling permit (P-17), a severance on one co-member can stop production across the commingle. The triggering record may sit under another operator. LettersIQ maps the P-17 relationship and watches every connected lease so that hidden exposure reaches your briefing.
Can LettersIQ help explain why a well has no allowable?
LettersIQ can work backwards through the relevant filing dependencies and identify what appears to be missing, such as a W-2 or G-1 completion report, W-12 directional survey, L-1 electric log, or W-15 cementing report. The result is a named checklist for your team to investigate, not another database to search.
How does early-warning monitoring prevent production interruptions?
Many production problems have public signals before the final consequence: a certified letter, an approaching P-5 expiration, a delinquent proration code, a Rule 15 milestone, or an expiring permit. LettersIQ surfaces those upstream changes while there may still be time to investigate and act.
How do I get my operator checked?
Use the Check My Operator form on this page and send your operator name and contact details. We run your Texas portfolio through LettersIQ and show you what deserves attention. No credit card is required.
What does LettersIQ cost?
Plans are priced on the size of the operating portfolio being monitored, and every plan includes every dataset and alert type. Essential covers up to 100 leases at $399 per month, Operator covers up to 500 leases at $999 per month, and portfolios above 500 leases are priced individually.
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