Energy Pack: Every Layer and the Question It Answers

The Energy pack puts federal and producing-state energy records on the PLSS grid. Open a section and you can see who is drilling within a mile, whether BLM holds the minerals, what federal royalty the county paid, which pipelines run nearby and whether the tract sits in sage-grouse habitat. All of it comes from public agency records, joined to the section you asked about.

This guide lists every Energy layer and the question it answers. The four guides linked below go deeper on each group.

Where the Energy pack shows up

• Map. The Layers panel gains two groups: Producing states (the five state well registers) and Federal & cross-state (everything else). Layers draw from zoom level 4 and labels appear as you zoom in.
• Search. Energy datasets become search sources. Turn them on under Search settings; they run when you submit a search.
• Parcel report. The Energy tab of the parcel report sidebar summarizes the section and lets you drill into operators, leases and wells.
• Mobile and AI connector. The mobile app's Energy tab and the ChatGPT and Claude connector return the same Energy report for a section.

The layers and what each answers

Wells and operators

Sources: Colorado ECMC, North Dakota DMR, Oklahoma OCC, Wyoming OGCC, New Mexico OCD, and the FRA rail network. See wells and operators.

Leases, royalties and minerals

See leases and royalties.

Liability screens

See orphaned wells and FracFocus.

Infrastructure and siting

See renewable siting.

Reading the Energy tab

Open a parcel report and select Energy. The top of the tab gives a headline count of wells, BLM rights-of-way and BLM leases, then a row of flags such as orphan wells present or absent, BLM surface management, federal leases and right-of-way grants.

Below that sit the cards. Each names its source in the corner, and several carry a layer toggle that turns the matching map layer on so you can see the records against the section. Click a row to zoom the map to it. Click an operator or a lease to drill into its detail view; the breadcrumb at the top of the sidebar takes you back.

Worked example

A mineral buyer is looking at Section 22, Township 150 North, Range 97 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, in McKenzie County, North Dakota.

1. Search 22 150N 97W 5th Meridian and click Report, then open Energy.
2. Wells in this PLSS section lists the North Dakota wells the state ties to Section 22. State wells · 1 mi buffer widens that to the surrounding ground.
3. Offset operators · 1 mi buffer ranks the operators by well count. Click the top operator to see its wells near the parcel.
4. FracFocus disclosures · 1 mi buffer shows recent completion jobs and their water volume.
5. Federal mineral royalties gives McKenzie County's federal royalty by commodity. It is a county figure, not this section's.

The buyer now knows who is active, how recently wells were completed nearby, and where to start the title work.

Limits

• Five states for well registers. Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico. Texas wells come from the Railroad Commission and sit in the Texas pack. Pro includes a national HIFLD oil and gas wells layer in the Built-in group.
• Records as published. Status codes, dates and operator names come from each agency. Township America maps state status codes to one legend (producing, permitted, shut-in, plugged, abandoned, dry hole), so check the state record for the exact code.
• Derived values are labeled. Offset-operator counts, distances and the split-estate flag are computed from the section geometry, not published by an agency.
• Not a survey or title opinion. A lease or well on the map is a pointer to the official record, not proof of ownership or a legal boundary.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which states have well data in the Energy pack?

Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico. The federal layers (leases, orphaned wells, FracFocus, pipelines, wind turbines) are national or cover the western federal-land states.

Do I have to turn on every layer separately?

Yes, on the map. Each layer has its own switch in the Layers panel, and the cards in the Energy tab have toggles for the matching layer. The Energy tab itself loads every card at once.

Does the Energy pack include Texas?

Texas abstracts resolve in the Energy tab, but the state well registers do not include Texas. RRC wells, permits and production are in the Texas pack.

Where can I see Energy coverage by state before I subscribe?

The Energy hub has state pages, operator pages and lease pages built from the same records.