[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fpermian-basin-lease-due-diligence-using-the-texas-pack-for-rrc-wells-production-history-and-active-permits":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":110,"date":111,"description":112,"draft":113,"extension":114,"meta":115,"navigation":118,"path":119,"seo":120,"stem":121,"tags":122,"__hash__":127},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fpermian-basin-lease-due-diligence-using-the-texas-pack-for-rrc-wells-production-history-and-active-permits.md","Permian Basin Lease Due Diligence: Using the Texas Pack for RRC Wells, Production History, and Active Permits",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":100},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,30,34,37,50,54,57,60,64,67,70,74,77,80,84,87],[10,11,12],"p",{},"A Permian Basin landman running title on a tract near the Texas-New Mexico line is working two survey systems at once. The Texas side of the lease is described by Abstract, Block, and Survey, a grid the General Land Office (GLO) laid out instead of the rectangular sections used elsewhere. Cross the state line into New Mexico and the same play is described in PLSS: section, township, range, and principal meridian. Permian Basin lease due diligence means reconciling both descriptions against Railroad Commission (RRC) well data, pipeline records, and pending permits before you commit to anything. This guide walks through how to run that check in one place, using Township America's free Texas grid resolver and the Texas data pack.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"why-national-plss-tools-stall-at-the-texas-line","Why national PLSS tools stall at the Texas line",[10,19,20],{},"Most PLSS converters resolve section, township, and range, then stop. They cannot place a Texas Abstract and Survey description, because most of Texas was never surveyed on the rectangular grid. A landman ends up hunting through county appraisal viewers and GLO records on the Texas side, switching to a separate PLSS tool on the New Mexico side, then pulling RRC wells and pipeline records that share neither a map nor a legal description. The reconciliation happens by hand, and state-line surprises surface late.",[10,22,23,24,29],{},"Township America resolves the Texas Abstract, Block, and Survey (GLO) grid directly to coordinates, free on every plan, in the same search box that handles PLSS. No other PLSS converter covers the Texas grid. For the New Mexico half of a straddling tract, PLSS resolution places section, township, and range down to the aliquot part, calculated from official BLM survey data against the New Mexico ",[25,26,28],"a",{"href":27},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fprincipal-meridian","principal meridian",". One workflow covers both sides of the lease.",[14,31,33],{"id":32},"from-abstract-and-survey-to-the-tract-on-a-map","From Abstract and Survey to the tract on a map",[10,35,36],{},"Start by placing the tract. Enter the Texas description, for example \"Abstract 142, Block 34, T. & P. RR Co. Survey, Reeves County,\" and the grid resolver returns coordinates and the parcel. Because Township America returns a full GeoJSON polygon of the survey or section rather than a single center point, you see the actual footprint of the tract, which is what the offset and pipeline checks depend on.",[10,38,39,40,44,45,49],{},"For the New Mexico offsets, enter the PLSS description in the same box, for example \"Section 12, Township 24 South, Range 34 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian.\" You can read more about how that resolution works in the ",[25,41,43],{"href":42},"\u002Fguides\u002Fconvert-section-township-range-to-coordinates","section, township, and range guide"," or the ",[25,46,48],{"href":47},"\u002Fnew-mexico-plss-converter","New Mexico PLSS converter",". At this point both halves of the play sit on one map, on one grid, ready for the data layers.",[14,51,53],{"id":52},"offset-production-rrc-active-wells-and-lease-history","Offset production: RRC active wells and lease history",[10,55,56],{},"With the tract placed, add the Texas pack. On the Texas side it overlays RRC active wells and the lease production history in barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), plus a production heatmap that shows where the section is producing and where it is not. That gives you an offset-production read without querying the RRC by lease and API number one record at a time.",[10,58,59],{},"RRC is a Texas agency, so those production layers cover the Texas side only. If your offsets cross into New Mexico, add the Energy pack, which carries New Mexico wells alongside Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. This keeps the state-line reconciliation honest: Texas production comes from the RRC, New Mexico production from the Energy pack, both on the same grid you already resolved.",[14,61,63],{"id":62},"before-the-loi-t-4-pipelines-and-w-1-pending-permits","Before the LOI: T-4 pipelines and W-1 pending permits",[10,65,66],{},"Two more layers can change a deal before you sign a letter of intent. The Texas pack shows T-4 pipelines near the tract, which is your first read on takeaway and on where a gathering line already runs. It also shows W-1 pending permits: RRC drilling permit applications that have been filed but not yet drilled. A pending W-1 on the neighboring lease tells you an operator is about to move, which matters for offset obligations and for how you value the tract.",[10,68,69],{},"Checking both layers against the resolved boundary before an LOI is the difference between pricing a lease on current production and pricing it on what the offset operators are about to do.",[14,71,73],{"id":72},"glo-leases-and-pooled-units","GLO leases and pooled units",[10,75,76],{},"The Texas pack also draws GLO leases across all classes and pooled unit boundaries, along with Permanent School Fund (PSF) and state-agency surface. On a Permian tract that often means state acreage in the chain, so seeing which lease blocks touch the surface and the subsurface matters before you assume a clean lease. The pack carries UIC disposal and injection wells as well, which is worth checking when saltwater disposal on or near the tract affects surface use.",[10,78,79],{},"Each of these sits on top of the free grid resolver, so you are reading GLO leases, wells, permits, and pipelines against the same parcel you started with, not against four separate maps.",[14,81,83],{"id":82},"export-the-texas-land-report-for-the-file","Export the Texas Land Report for the file",[10,85,86],{},"When the review is done, export the Texas Land Report PDF and drop it in the due diligence file. The report rolls up the layers you turned on for that tract into one document you can share with a title attorney or a partner. If you run many tracts, the Business plan adds batch conversion and structured exports (CSV, KML, Shapefile, GeoJSON, DXF), so a full prospect area moves in one pass instead of one lease at a time.",[10,88,89,90,94,95,99],{},"The Texas grid resolver is free on every plan, including Starter at $10 a month, which is what pulls Texas and Permian users in before they need the paid layers. The Texas pack is $100 a month and attaches to Pro ($20) or Business ($40), so a working Permian desk runs at $120 or $140 a month with the RRC, GLO, pipeline, and permit layers turned on. See the ",[25,91,93],{"href":92},"\u002Findustries\u002Foil-and-gas","oil and gas industry page"," for the full layer list, or compare tiers on the ",[25,96,98],{"href":97},"\u002Fpricing","pricing page",". The point of running due diligence this way is simple: resolve the tract once, read every layer against it, and stop reconciling the Texas-New Mexico line by hand.",{"title":101,"searchDepth":102,"depth":102,"links":103},"",2,[104,105,106,107,108,109],{"id":16,"depth":102,"text":17},{"id":32,"depth":102,"text":33},{"id":52,"depth":102,"text":53},{"id":62,"depth":102,"text":63},{"id":72,"depth":102,"text":73},{"id":82,"depth":102,"text":83},"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fpermian-basin-lease-due-diligence-using-the-texas-pack-for-rrc-wells-production-history-and-active-permits\u002Fcover.webp","2026-07-24T10:00:00Z","Permian Basin lease due diligence across the Texas-New Mexico line: use the Texas pack to check RRC wells, lease production history, and pending W-1 permits.",false,"md",{"author":116,"category":117},"Township America","guides",true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fpermian-basin-lease-due-diligence-using-the-texas-pack-for-rrc-wells-production-history-and-active-permits",{"title":5,"description":112},"blog\u002Fpermian-basin-lease-due-diligence-using-the-texas-pack-for-rrc-wells-production-history-and-active-permits",[123,124,125,126],"oil-and-gas","texas","permian-basin","due-diligence","ejPZVnZBwYzbYxu7YoL0EO0AuNmF70Zgxzp1zNTZKH4"]