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In observance of the Christmas holidays, Railroad Commission of Texas offices will be closed December 23-27. The offices will re-open at 8 a.m. on Monday, December 30 for regular business. Expedited Drilling Permits will be processed within standard processing times. If assistance is needed, please email Drillingpermits-info@rrc.texas.gov.
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PR Discrepancy Code Explanations

The information below explains discrepancy codes that you may receive when attempting to file your PR reports online.

The following tables list the possible PR filing discrepancies and associated resolutions. The discrepancy messages are grouped alphabetically by oil, gas, and commingle.

Oil Discrepancies
Discrepancy Reason & Resolution
CSGD GAS NO OIL Reason: Report shows casinghead gas but no oil production.
Resolve: If report is incorrect then file amended. Otherwise, if lease produces gas-no-oil for three consecutive months, file a G-1 and any other information to reclassify to a gas well.
CSGD-INVALID DISPOSITION CODE Reason: Report shows a casinghead disposition code that was either omitted or is invalid.
Resolve: Refile with the correct and valid code.
CSGD-OUT OF BALANCE Reason: The formation production volume must equal disposition volume.
Resolve: File a corrected report.
COND-CODE 75-NEEDS EXPLANATION

Reason:

 Reported condensate disposition Code 75 and did not include a remark, or the remark is invalid.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include a remark indicating the use of this code. If this code was incorrect, refile with the correct code.
OIL-OUT OF BALANCE Reason: The on hand beginning of month volume plus production minus disposition volumes must equal the volume on hand, end of month.
Resolve: File a corrected report. However, if previous end of month balance is in error, file a corrected report for the previous month to tie in to this month's report.
OIL-INVALID DISPOSITION CODE Reason: Report shows a liquid disposition code that is either invalid or has been omitted.
Resolve: File a corrected report with a valid disposition code.
OIL-CODE 3-R2 FACILITY REQ. Reason: Reported liquid disposition Code 3 and did not indicate the name of the professional commercial tank service and/or R-2 facility name and number.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include the professional commercial tank service and R-2 facility name and number in the Remarks box.
OIL-CODE 8-INCLUDE IN PROD AMT Reason: Reported disposition Code 8 in Column 8.
Resolve: Skim liquid allocated needs to be added into production amount in Column 6. If incorrect code was used, file with correct code.
OIL-CODE 4-MOVEMENT LTR REQ. Reason: Reported liquid disposition Code 4 but a notification letter was not received by the District office or Austin, or a letter was received but the amount does not agree.
Resolve: If the code used was incorrect, file with a valid code. Otherwise, file a corrected report and include in the Remarks box where the stock was used as circulating oil.
OIL-CODE 6-R2 FACILITY REQ. Reason: Reported liquid disposition Code 6 and did not indicate the name of the professional commercial tank service and/or R-2 facility name and number.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include the professional commercial tank service and R-2 facility name and number in the Remarks box.
PRODUCTION ON INACTIVE LEASE Reason: The RRC Identifier you reported has been removed off schedule.
Resolve: Remove this RRC Identifier from all future PR forms provided there is no stock on hand. If production was reported in error, file an amended report with zeros to remove production figures. Refile the production amount under the correct RRC Identifier.

 

Gas Discrepancies
Discrepancy Reason & Resolution
COND-CODE 3-R2 FACILITY REQ.

Reason:

 Reported liquid disposition Code 3 and did not indicate the name of the professional commercial tank service and/or R-2 facility name and number.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include the professional commercial tank service and R-2 facility name and number in the Remarks box.
COND-CODE 6-R2 FACILITY REQ.

Reason:

 Reported liquid disposition Code 6 and did not indicate the name of the professional commercial tank service and/or R-2 facility name and number.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include the professional commercial tank service and R-2 facility name and number in the Remarks box.
COND-CODE 75-NEEDS EXPLANATION

Reason:

 Reported condensate disposition Code 75 and did not include a remark, or the remark is invalid.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include a remark indicating the use of this code. If this code was incorrect, refile with the correct code.
COND-CODE 8-INCLUDE IN PROD AMT

Reason:

 Reported disposition Code 8 in Column 8.
Resolve: Skim liquid allocated needs to be added into production amount in Column 6. If incorrect code was used, refile with correct code.
COND-OUT OF BALANCE

Reason:

 The on hand beginning of month volume plus production minus disposition volumes must equal the volume on hand, end of month.
Resolve: File a corrected report. However, if previous end of month balance is in error, file a corrected report for the previous month to tie in to this month's report.
COND-INVALID DISPOSITION CODE

Reason:

 Report shows a liquid disposition code that is either invalid or has been omitted.
Resolve: File a corrected report with a valid disposition code.
COND NO GAS-NEED EXPLANATION

Reason:

 Report shows condensate but no gas production.
Resolve: If report is incorrect then file amended. Otherwise, if the well produces condensate but no gas for three consecutive months with a gas oil ratio 10 to 1, file a W-2 and any other information to reclassify to an oil well.
GAS-INVALID DISPOSITION CODE

Reason:

 Report shows a gas disposition code that does not exist.
Resolve: File a corrected report for and use only the disposition codes provided on the back of the PR form.
GAS-OUT OF BALANCE

Reason:

 The formation production volume must equal disposition volume.
Resolve: File a corrected report.
GAS-CODE 4-NEED EXPLANATION

Reason:

 Reported gas disposition Code 4 and remark indicating why the gas was vented or flared was either omitted or invalid.
Resolve: File a corrected report and include a remark indicating the reason.
PRODUCTION ON INACTIVE LEASE

Reason:

 The RRC Identifier you reported has been removed off schedule.
Resolve: Remove this RRC Identifier from all future PR forms provided there is no stock on hand. If production was reported in error, file an amended report with zeros to remove production figures. Refile the production amount under the correct RRC Identifier.

 

Commingle Discrepancies
Discrepancy Reason & Resolution
CP# INVALID/INACTIVE/NOT AUTH

Reason:

 The commingle permit number you reported either does not exist, is inactive, or is not authorized to file commingle.
Resolve: Check the commingle number and file a corrected report for all commingle permits on the lease.
LSE TOTAL NOT EQUAL TO PMT TTLS

Reason:

 The total of commingling permits does not balance with lease total.
Resolve: File a corrected report for all commingle permits on the lease and verify all balances across and tie in with previous reports.
NOT AUTHORIZED TO FILE SPECIAL

Reason:

 Reported a commingle number 9999 but the P-17 on file shows all wells to be commingle.
Resolve: If filed in error, file a correction or update the P-17 to state that all wells are not commingled.
OMITTED COMMINGLE PERMIT

Reason:

 Reported a lease that our records show as commingle, but failed to include the commingle permit number.
Resolve: File a corrected report for all commingle permits on the lease and and include all commingle permit numbers.
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