MEMORANDUM

TO: Record

FROM: Brent Ruminski, ERG

James K. O’Connell, ERG

DATE: February 18, 2016

SUBJECT: Well Completion Reports Memorandum (DCN SGE01263)

This memorandum discusses oil and gas well completion reports and the information that 

ERG used from these reports in the Technical Development Document for Effluent Limitations 

Guidelines and Standards for Oil and Gas Extraction (TDD) (DCN SGE01188). Operators must 

complete these forms and submit them to the appropriate state oil and gas regulatory agency. 

ERG reviewed well completion reports to determine what type of information operators must 

report to state agencies when they drill a new oil or gas well.

This memorandum is organized into the following sections:

 Section 1.0 discusses the information reported on oil and gas well completion 

reports. 

 Section 2.0 describes ERG’s quality control procedures.

 Section 3.0 provides the attachments to this memorandum.

1.0 STATE OIL AND GAS WELL COMPLETION REPORTS

Table 1 presents a summary, by state, of the information reported on oil and gas well 

completion reports. ERG only reviewed states that have oil and gas wells (33 states in total). The 

four Yes/No (Y/N) columns indicate whether or not the information is required on the reports in 

each state. For example, The Texas Railroad Commission requires the completion method and 

formation name to be reported on their well completion reports, but not the permeability, 

porosity, or resource type (e.g., shale, tight) (see Attachment 1, DCN SGE01263.A01). As 

shown in Table 1, all states require operators to submit information regarding the geologic 

formation name (sometimes referred to as pool or reservoir) in which the well is completed and 

the vast majority of states (all except Florida) require information about the well completion 

method (e.g., hydraulic fracturing, acidization).

The attachments to this memorandum (DCN SGE01263.A01 through DCN 

SGE01263.A37) include example well completion reports from each state reviewed and 

presented in Table 1.
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Table 1. State Oil and Gas Well Completion Reports

State

Completion 

Method 

(Y/N)

Permeability 

or Porosity 

(Y/N)

Formation, 

Reservoir, 

or Pool 

Name (Y/N)

Resource 

Typea

(Y/N) Comments

Attachment 

Number

(DCN)

TX Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A01

KS Y N Y N

Also has drilling fluid volume, 

chloride content, and 

management method.

SGE01263.A02

OK Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A03

LA Y (see 

comments) N Y N

Wells that are hydraulically 

fractured must be reported to LA 

on a form other than the 

completion report (see 

http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/O

C/eng_div/WH1_supplemental_page_3.docx)

SGE01263.A04

IL Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A05

CA Y (see 

comments) N Y N

Wells that are hydraulically 

fractured must be reported to CA 

on a form other than the 

completion report (see 

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/

dog/Pages/IWST_disclaimer.asp

x)

SGE01263.A06

MI Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A07

NM Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A08

AR Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A09

MS Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A10

ND Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A11

PA Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A12

WV Y N Y N

Only CBM wells are required to 

be specified; all other wells are 

designated as oil or gas.

SGE01263.A13

WY Y N Y N

Only CBM wells are required to 

be specified; all other wells are 

designated as oil or gas.

SGE01263.A14

CO Y N Y N

Only CBM wells are required to 

be specified; all other wells are 

designated as oil or gas. There is 

a second part to the well 

completion report that requires 

well completion method 

information 

SGE01263.A15; 

SGE01263.A16

OH Y N Y N -- SGE01263.A17

IN Y N Y N

Only CBM wells are required to 

be specified; all other wells are 

designated as oil or gas.

SGE01263.A18
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Table 1. State Oil and Gas Well Completion Reports

State

Completion 

Method 

(Y/N)

Permeability 

or Porosity 

(Y/N)

Formation, 

Reservoir, 

or Pool 

Name (Y/N)

Resource 

Typea

(Y/N) Comments

Attachment 

Number

(DCN)

MT Y

Y (see 

comments) Y N

Only CBM wells are required to 

be specified; all other wells are 

designated as oil or gas. Only 

porosity must be reported, not 

permeability.

SGE01263.A19

UT Y N Y N SGE01263.A20

NE Y N Y N SGE01263.A21

AL Y N Y N

Full details of well treatment are 

to be given on Form OGB-6

SGE01263.A22; 

SGE01263.A23

KY Y N Y N SGE01263.A24

AK Y N Y N SGE01263.A25

SD Y N Y N

SGE01263.A26; 

SGE01263.A27

FL N N Y N SGE01263.A28

VA Y N Y N

Only CBM wells are required to 

be specified; all other wells are 

designated as oil or gas.

SGE01263.A29

MO Y N Y N SGE01263.A30

NV Y N Y N SGE01263.A31

NY Y N Y N SGE01263.A32

AZ Y N Y N SGE01263.A33

MD Y N Y N SGE01263.A34

NC Y N Y N

SGE01263A35; 

SGE01263.A36

TN Y N Y N SGE01263.A37

a – Resource type is a designation of tight oil, tight gas, shale oil, shale gas, etc.

2.0 QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES

All of the analyses presented in this memorandum adhered to the Environmental 

Engineering Support for Clean Water Regulations Programmatic Quality Assurance Project Plan 

(PQAPP) (DCN SGE00957) and the Unconventional Oil and Gas (UOG) Supplemental Quality 

Assurance Project Plan (SQAPP) (DCN SGE00958), including collecting, evaluating, and 

analyzing data and information related to oil and gas well completion reports.

Specifically, ERG used the procedures described in Section 4 of the PQAPP to gather and 

manage existing data in support of the UOG rulemaking. ERG staff entered reference 

information for relevant sources into the UOG Literature Review database. The ERG index 

keeper reviewed all reference information, assigned each reference a Document Control Number 

(DCN), imported the reference information into the UOG Project File Index database, and saved 

referenced files in the Electronic Project File folder.
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ERG also used the procedures described in Section 3 of the SQAPP when collecting 

existing data for use in the UOG proposed rulemaking. ERG used databases from state 

regulatory agencies such as departments of environmental protection and oil and gas 

commissions. 

3.0 ATTACHMENTS

Table 2 lists the attachments to the memorandum including the corresponding state and 

the title of the well completion form.

Table 2. List of Attachments

Attachment 

Number

(DCN) State Form Name

SGE01263.A01 TX Form G-1 

SGE01263.A02 KS Well Completion Form 

SGE01263.A03 OK Completion Report 

SGE01263.A04 LA Well Completion or Recompletion Report 

SGE01263.A05 IL Well Completion Report 

SGE01263.A06 CA Well Summary Report 

SGE01263.A07 MI Record of Well Completion 

SGE01263.A08 NM Form C-105 

SGE01263.A09 AR Form 3 Producer's Well Completion and Recompletion Report 

SGE01263.A10 MS Original Well Completion and/or Recompletion Report and Well Log 

SGE01263.A11 ND Well Completion or Recompletion Report - Form 6 

SGE01263.A12 PA Completion Report 

SGE01263.A13 WV Well Operator’s Report of Well Work 

SGE01263.A14 WY Form 1 

SGE01263.A15

CO

Drilling Completion Report 

SGE01263.A16 Drilling Interval Report

SGE01263.A17 OH Well Completion Record (Form 8) 

SGE01263.A18 IN Well Completion/Re-completion Form

SGE01263.A19 MT Completion Report

SGE01263.A20 UT Well Completion Report and Log - Form 8

SGE01263.A21 NE Well Completion or Re-completion Report - Form 5

SGE01263.A22

AL

Well Record and Completion or Recompletion Report - Form OGB-7

SGE01263.A23 Report of Well Treatment - Form OGB-6

SGE01263.A24 KY Affidavit of Well Log and Completion Report

SGE01263.A25 AK Well Completion or Recompletion Report and Log

SGE01263.A26

SD

Well Completion or Recompletion Report - Form 4

SGE01263.A27 Application for Permit to Drill - Form 2

SGE01263.A28 FL Well Completion Report - Form 9

SGE01263.A29 VA Completion Report - Form DGO-GO-15

SGE01263.A30 MO Well Completion or Recompletion Report and Well Log - Form OGC-5
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Table 2. List of Attachments

Attachment 

Number

(DCN) State Form Name

SGE01263.A31 NV Oil and Gas Well Completion Report - Form 05

SGE01263.A32 NY Well Drilling and Completion Report

SGE01263.A33 AZ Well Completion or Recompletion Report and Well Log - Form No.4

SGE01263.A34 MD Oil/Gas Well Completion Report

SGE01263.A35

NC

Well Drilling Report: Form 12

SGE01263.A36 Well Stimulation Report: Form 18

SGE01263.A37 TN Well History, Work Summary, and Completion or Recompletion Report