Oil and gas data

Oil and gas data tracks the upstream, midstream and downstream industry: wells, permits, production, reserves, pipelines, storage, refinery runs and trade flows. Traders, investors, oilfield service companies, midstream operators, lenders and governments use it to forecast supply, value assets, size service markets and monitor competitors.

Typical fields

• Well or asset identifier, operator and location
• Permit, spud and completion dates
• Production volumes by product and month
• Reserves and resource estimates where disclosed
• Pipeline routes, capacities and flows
• Storage and inventory levels
• Refinery capacity, runs and outages

Sources and methods

Many jurisdictions require operators to report permits and production to state or national regulators, which publish the data with varying delays and formats. Providers collect these filings, standardise operator names and identifiers and estimate missing recent months. Flows and inventories may be estimated from vessel tracking, satellite observation of storage tanks or pipeline nominations. Company reports add reserves and project data.

Delivery and pricing

Data is delivered as files, data shares, API or GIS layers for well locations and pipeline routes. Pricing is typically an annual licence by basin or region, history depth and number of users, with higher prices for forecasts and near-real-time flow estimates.

Before you buy

• Ask which values are reported to regulators and which are estimated.
• Check reporting lags by jurisdiction and how recent months are filled.
• Review operator name standardisation and change-of-ownership handling.
• Confirm geographic coverage and when history starts.
• Check positional accuracy of GIS layers if you need asset locations.