The WellRX Daily

An Operations Desk Brief for Meridian Operating · Production · Foremen · Engineering
Production · 24h
14,218 MCF +4.7%
vs 13,602 MCF 7-day average
Revenue Today
$56,329
$3.50/MCF basis · +$2,530 vs 7d
Active Alarms · 24h
6 open
2 cleared overnight · 4 unresolved to triage
Wells in Intervention
8
4 chemistry trials · 4 live-but-dark RTU recovery

Good morning. Yesterday's print: 14,218 MCF, running +4.7% above the 7-day trend. That's a clean number — but the trend is hiding real production slippage because 28% of our devices (48 of 172) are dark 14d+.

Today's must-do: resolve the Stanhope/Ashcroft gathering event — a cluster of meters are moving together, which is one compressor or one line, not several wells. Recovery on the fix is ~$17k/mo. Plus a multi-site I&E sweep to recover ~$33k/mo of invisible gas. Five decisions below, ordered by cost-of-delay.

Fleet Pulse · 172 wells · Apr 23 Critical Watch Stable Manual only

Decisions Needed Today

Five items in your queue. Ordered by severity — emergencies first, then high-confidence approvals, then budget & scheduling items.
Emergency · Severity 1 · Gathering Event · Decision 1

Approve midstream call on the Stanhope/Ashcroft CTB cluster

A cluster of meters on the Stanhope/Ashcroft/Kirby/Westbrook/Markham Heirs CTB network show simultaneous 150-400% static-pressure creep over the last 5-7 days. Signature is one gathering bottleneck, not a fleet of well failures. Bayou So Comp Disch & Bayou South Sales Chk both classify LOADING in the same window — that's a failing compressor station fingerprint.

Recommended: approve midstream outreach + freeze well-level spend on those 10 wells until the upstream is resolved. Alternative: defer 48h for more data — but we lose ~$1,400/day in the meantime.

Revenue at stake$17,000/mo
Payback<1 week post-fix
ConfidenceHigh
Window72 hr
ActionCall midstream now
Emergency · Severity 1 · Battery Critical · Decision 2

Swap battery on Lyman 3 this week

Spot battery reading 8.2V. Totalflow will stop writing below ~10.8V. We have days before this RTU goes dark and we lose all diagnostics on the well. Roundtable Discharge is at 11.5V — not critical but on the watch list for next week's route.

Cost$180 (battery + install)
Risk if deferredRTU goes dark
ConfidenceHigh
Window~5 days
ActionAdd to Parker's Friday route
Approve · Severity 2 · RTU Truck-Roll · Decision 3

Green-light I&E sweep on 4 live-but-dark RTUs

Four wells went dark mid-window with real recent production: Gallatin-West Sales Chk (91 MCF/D pre-dark), Lamar #1H (163 MCF/D), BRADFORD ECHO 006H (53 MCF/D), WESLEY 002 (56 MCF/D). These are $300/site truck rolls with modem or telecom as most-likely cause. ~$40k/month of gas is invisible on our dashboards right now.

Recommended: dispatch I&E tech tomorrow 05:00 route, start with Lamar (largest signal). Parker can pull stop-and-restart while tech is on deck.

Labor cost~$1,200 + $2,400 modems
Revenue recovery~$40,000/mo
Payback<3 days
ConfidenceHigh
ActionDispatch tomorrow AM
Budget · Severity 3 · Chemistry · Decision 4

Approve paraffin program refresh — top 5 wells

Five wells show classic paraffin signatures (temp floor < 52°F, intermittent DP pulses): Henry R Shaw #2, VINTON 005H, Kincaid Marsh C/M, Bancroft #2H Alloc, Cypress Landing Sales. Recommended program: hot-oil + solvent batch ($2-3k per well, one-time) followed by continuous inhibitor ($300-400/well/mo). Projected incremental: ~18 MCF/D portfolio-wide, or ~$1,900/mo revenue at $3.50/MCF.

One-time$12-15k batch
Ongoing$1,500-2,000/mo
Est gain+18 MCF/D
Payback6-8 months
ConfidenceMedium
Scheduling · Severity 3 · Capital Pipeline · Decision 5

Quote plunger install on top-3 non-cluster candidates

Three wells show clean plunger signatures independent of the gathering event: Henry R Shaw #2 Alloc, Bancroft #1 Alloc, Dewsbury 1. Flow-time < 75%, slug-ratio > 5×, latest MCF 15-42/D. Recommended: request quotes from two vendors, target install window mid-May post-gathering-resolution.

Est capex$30-36k (3 wells)
Est gain+60-90 MCF/D steady
Payback~4 months
ConfidenceMedium
ActionRequest quotes this week

Active Interventions

In-flight work — chemistry trials, stimulation, workovers. Three completed in the last 14 days (see appendix).
WellInterventionStartedStatusDP responseETAOwner
Holloway #1 Soap-stick trial, 1/D × 7d 04-20 Day 3 of 7 +8.1% 04-27 eval Parker
Henry R Shaw #2 Hot-oil + solvent batch Scheduled 04-25 04-25 Mitchell / Foamer vendor
Bancroft #2H Alloc Waiting gathering-event resolution blocked Hold post-Decision 1 Foreman
Ramsey Fields 3H Workover scope drafting 04-18 Scope phase 05-01 target Engineering

Alarms & Events · 24h

Six alarms in the last 24 hours — two cleared overnight, four open. Thresholds active: flow-rate low, static-pressure high, battery low, data-staleness, loading-score spike.
TimeWellAlarmSeverityAckedStatus
03:14Bancroft #2H AllocFlow rate low (MCF/D)HIGHOpen · awaiting triage
04:58Lyman 3Battery low (spot)HIGHOpen · see Decision 3
05:42Wolford 2-4-5 CKStatic pressure highHIGHOpen · route-check
07:22Holloway #1Loading score spikeMEDIUMParker 07:30Cleared — soap dose active
14:11Halsey Sales ChkNo data 7dMEDIUMI&E 16:20Cleared — modem reboot
22:08Ramsey Fields Sales CheckVolume ≤ thresholdHIGHOpen · gathering event

Route Performance · Yesterday

Per-pumper scorecard. Stop count vs plan, manual-entry completeness, flagged wells that deserve foreman follow-up.
Route A · Parker
60 wells · South basin
Complete
48
Stops
11
Manual entries
3
Flagged
98%
Completion
Flagged: Holloway #1 (soap trial day 3 — looks good), Brenner S R 001 (tank level over 60%, haul scheduled), Wolford 2-4-5 CK (RTU stale 7d — noted in alarm log).
Route B · Evans
54 wells · East basin
1 skipped
42
Stops
8
Manual entries
5
Flagged
91%
Completion
Skipped Lamar #1H pad — gate lock issue. Five flagged are all on the Stanhope/Ashcroft CTB — foreman holding intervention spend pending Decision 1.
Route C · Sanchez
47 wells · Central basin
Complete
47
Stops
6
Manual entries
2
Flagged
100%
Completion
Flagged: Henry R Shaw #2 (hot-oil scheduled 04-25), Halsey Sales Chk (modem rebooted 16:20, cleared this morning).
Route D · Contractor
24 wells · North satellite
Weekly
Stops (weekly)
Next run
6
Offline wells
Coverage
Weekly-cadence route. Six offline devices here — recommend re-scope this route or absorb into Route B. See Capital Pipeline.

Top Production Movers · 24h

Day-over-day volume deltas. Gainers on the left, losers on the right. Cluster-event wells are excluded (see Decision 1).
Top Gainers+MCF · 24h
WellΔ MCF/DRevenue impact
Markham Heirs #2 GL+42 MCF/D DoD$4,410/mo
Salado Creek 8,9 & 15+28 MCF/D DoD$2,940/mo
Rockwell Meadows GU #7+19 MCF/D DoD$1,995/mo
Halstead Mercer 15H+17 MCF/D DoD$1,785/mo
Lockhart #1 Alloc+15 MCF/D DoD$1,575/mo
Top Losers−MCF · 24h
WellObservedAt-risk $
Ramsey Fields Sales Check7d 87 vs 30d 295 MCF/D (-70%, ~-208 MCF/D lost)$10,920/mo
Bancroft #2H Alloc7d 106 vs 30d 300 MCF/D (-65%, ~-194 MCF/D lost)$10,185/mo
Bancroft Sales Chk7d 207 vs 30d 378 MCF/D (-45%, ~-170 MCF/D lost)$8,925/mo
Ramsey Fields 3H7d 0 vs 30d 157 MCF/D (-100%, ~-157 MCF/D lost)$8,190/mo
Cypress Landing Sales7d 378 vs 30d 485 MCF/D (-22%, ~-107 MCF/D lost)$5,565/mo

Chemistry Program Scorecard

Active programs by treatment class. Response rate is measured over the rolling 30-day window post-treatment-start; incremental MCF/D is attribution-adjusted for decline.
ProgramWells on treatmentCandidates pending Response rate (30d)Incremental MCF/D$ / moROI
FSC 600 Foamer
Continuous · loading wells
8 4 74% +26 $3,200 +$6,000/mo
Paraffin Solvent + Continuous
Batch + continuous · cold-flow wells
3 15 58% +8 $1,400 +$440/mo
Scale Inhibitor
Continuous · bridging candidates
0 3 Pending water panel
Corrosion Inhibitor
Pending CO₂/H₂S analysis
0 Gas panel request open

Capital Activity Pipeline

Queued work, scheduled dates, and expected returns. Artificial-lift candidates below are the non-cluster wells — cluster-event wells are held pending Decision 1 resolution.
Well / ScopeActivityStatusScheduled Est costEst gainPayback
Gallatin-West / Lamar / BRADFORD ECHO / WESLEY 002 RTU / modem replacement (4 sites) Awaiting Decision 3 This week ~$3,600 +360 MCF/D (visibility) <2 weeks
54-device ground-truth sweep Pumper field audit (long-dark) Route-plan in prep 30-day plan ~$5k labor Decommission vs recover triage Structural
WEATHERSBY 1HPlunger installQuote requestedMay wk 2$8-12k+58 MCF/D2.0 mo
Henry R Shaw #2 AllocPlunger installQuote requestedMay wk 2$8-12k+49 MCF/D2.3 mo
Lamar #1HPlunger installQuote requestedMay wk 2$8-12k+49 MCF/D2.3 mo
Kincaid Marsh C/MPlunger installQuote requestedMay wk 2$8-12k+33 MCF/D3.5 mo
Wolford 2-4-5 CKPlunger installQuote requestedMay wk 2$8-12k+28 MCF/D4.1 mo
BEAUFORT GU 3HDecommission / P&A evalConfirm intentQ2 review
Echo Bradford 2-1HDecommission / P&A evalConfirm intentQ2 review
HARMON PIERCE GU 001Decommission / P&A evalConfirm intentQ2 review

Fleet Roll-Up

Six-cell operating snapshot. Lost-revenue estimate is offline-RTU exposure, not a realized loss — some offline units are decommissioned. Ground-truth sweep in progress.
14,218
MCF · 24h
13,602
MCF · 7d avg
172
Active wells
48
Offline RTUs
~$252k
Exposure $/mo
43
Wells at risk