Texas RRC intelligence for oil & gas operators

Read the Railroad Commission before it writes to you.

LettersIQ reads eight Texas Railroad Commission systems every night, traces each change to the leases it can shut in, and puts one ranked page in front of your team by 7:00 AM.

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Fig. 01 Three wells, one shared tank battery. Two of the leases are yours. Keep scrolling to see what happens to them overnight.

01 02:14 AM

Three leases share one tank battery. Two of them are yours.

A P-17 surface commingling permit ties them together. Oil from all three wells runs into the same tanks, so they share the same fate.
02 02:14 AM

A record moves on the lease next door.

The Commission files a certified pre-severance letter against your neighbor's lease. It's addressed to another operator, at another office.
03 02:15 AM

Their problem runs through your pipe.

A severance on any lease in a commingle shuts in the whole commingle. Your filings haven't changed and an operator-number search comes back clean, but both of your leases are exposed.
04 Day 31

If nobody reads it, the order lands.

The severance issues. The battery can't move oil, three pumps stop, and you learn about it after production has already stopped.
05 07:00 AM · Day 1

Rewind. LettersIQ read it at 2:14.

By 7:00 AM the letter is at the top of your briefing: the neighbor's lease, the permit that ties you together, the two leases at risk, and who to call.
06 07:40 AM · Day 1

One phone call on day one, instead of a shut-in on day thirty-one.

The co-member cures before an order issues. All three wells keep pumping.

Fig. 03 · Early signals

The certified letter is the last warning, not the first.

Most shut-ins leave a trail of public records before the order. LettersIQ reads that trail every night. The mail only brings the end of it.

01 Proration

A proration code turns delinquent

DLQ W-10, DLQ FORM or H-15 VIOL appears on the monthly schedule.
02 P-5

The P-5 renewal clock runs down

60, 30, 14 and 7 days before the organization report expires.
03 Rule 15

An inactive well crosses a milestone

Five and ten years inactive, or a W-3X extension changes status.
04 Certified

A certified pre-severance letter is filed

The Commission's final notice before an order issues.
05 Mail

The letter reaches a mailbox

Days later, and only if it's addressed to you.
06 Order

Severance or seal order

Production stops until the lease is back in compliance.

LettersIQ puts these in the next 7:00 AM briefing

Where the mail finds you

Fig. 04 · Coverage

Eight systems. One reading.

An operator-number search only shows what was filed against you. LettersIQ reads all eight systems against every lease you run, then joins them, so a record in one system can surface a risk in another.

01
Severance & seal orders Severance
Daily
Issue, resolution and reissue records, so an active order shows up the morning it issues and the all-clear shows up the day it lifts.
02
Certified letters Pre-severance
Daily
The Commission's final notice before a severance, caught the night it's filed while there's still time to cure.
03
Proration schedules Oil & gas
Daily
Delinquency codes like DLQ W-10, DLQ FORM and H-15 VIOL, plus allowable changes, compared against yesterday.
04
Organization report P-5
Weekly
A 60, 30, 14 and 7-day countdown to expiry. An unrenewed P-5 can sever every lease you operate.
05
Inactive wells Rule 15
Weekly
Five- and ten-year inactivity milestones, W-3X extension status, and wells that newly land on the aging report.
06
Surface commingling P-17
Weekly
Every co-member lease on your commingles, watched for the severance that would shut in yours.
07
Drilling permits W-1
Weekly
The two-year no-spud expiry, counted from the original approval and checked against the wellbore record.
08
Gatherers & purchasers P-4
Weekly
Lost market outlets and operator-of-record changes, the day the Commission processes them.

Fig. 05 · The artifact

One page at 7:00 AM, ranked by what it can stop.

Every finding is written the same way: the consequence first, then the record behind it, then the next step. Nobody has to re-derive anything before the first cup of coffee.

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LettersIQ

Morning briefing
Tue 22 Sep · 07:00 CT

Brazos Bend Operating 142 leases · 8 systems read overnight

Changes: 6
Critical: 1
Resolved: 1

Severity: Critical

Production at risk · 3 leases

Commingle blast radius (3rd-party severance)

Certified letter filed 02:14 on Lease 08-10977 (Halvorsen Energy), a co-member on your P-17 permit.

NextCall the co-member and confirm a cure before an order issues.
Severity: High

Production at risk · 14 days

P-5 expiration approaching

Organization report expires Oct 6.

NextFile the P-5 renewal.
Severity: Medium

Allowable blocked

Allowable blocked (checklist)

Well 08-11234 #3: no W-2 completion report or L-1 log on file.

NextFile the W-2 and L-1.
Severity: Medium

Allowable at risk

Proration status change

DLQ W-10 on 3 wells, Lease 08-11102.

NextFile the W-10 retest.
Severity: Low

Permit lapses · 22 days

Drilling permit expiring (not drilled)

W-1 approved Oct 14, 2024. No spud on the wellbore record.

NextConfirm the spud schedule.
Severity: Resolved

Back in business

Severance resolved

Order on Lease 08-09112 lifted Sep 21.

NextNothing to do.

Fig. 06 · Rates

Priced on the portfolio you operate.

Every system, every alert and every briefing comes with every plan. You choose how many leases it watches. Annual billing is available, and monitoring starts once your operator is set up.

Essential

Up to 100 leases

$399 per month

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

Check my operator

Operator

Most operators

Up to 500 leases

$999 per month

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

Check my operator

Enterprise

500+ leases

Custom priced to portfolio

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

Check my operator

Included in every plan

Daily briefing at 7:00 AM CT
Severance, seal and certified-letter alerts
P-5 renewal countdown and Rule 15 milestones
Proration delinquency and allowable changes
Commingle blast-radius monitoring
Drilling-permit expiry and P-4 changes
Connected records and next-step guidance
Every lease in the plan, no per-seat fees

Fig. 07 · Questions

Asked in the field.

Anything else, ask us directly at privacy@wellheadiq.com.

01 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.

02 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).

03 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.

04 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.

05 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.

06 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.

07 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.

08 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.

09 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.

Fig. 08 · Check my operator

Write to us once. We'll read the Commission for you.

Send an operator name. We run your Texas portfolio through LettersIQ and send back what deserves attention, usually before you'd have finished checking the first system yourself.

Read the Railroad Commission before it writes to you.

One night on a shared commingle

Three leases share one tank battery. Two of them are yours.

A record moves on the lease next door.

Their problem runs through your pipe.

If nobody reads it, the order lands.

Rewind. LettersIQ read it at 2:14.

One phone call on day one, instead of a shut-in on day thirty-one.

A proration code turns delinquent

The P-5 renewal clock runs down

An inactive well crosses a milestone

A certified pre-severance letter is filed

The letter reaches a mailbox

Severance or seal order

Severance & seal orders Severance

Certified letters Pre-severance

Proration schedules Oil & gas

Organization report P-5

Inactive wells Rule 15

Surface commingling P-17

Drilling permits W-1

Gatherers & purchasers P-4

Commingle blast radius (3rd-party severance)

P-5 expiration approaching

Allowable blocked (checklist)

Proration status change

Drilling permit expiring (not drilled)

Severance resolved