The
Scout Ticket
The
"scout ticket" is a paper or (these days) computer file that summarizes
all
the information available on a single well. Basic information like
the well name, location, depth, and date completed will be found
here. Also,
there will be a record of the 
major formation tops encountered in the
well, what "treatments", if any were used, whether the well was
fracked or not, and how much oil or
gas the well produced initially. It is a one-stop-shop for finding
out the basic information about a well!
In
earlier days, oil companies employed "scouts" to keep up with
the activities of other operators. These people acted as corporate
"spies" to make sure the competition was not getting a leg
up.
The
Scout scoured the oil fields looking for new sources of
information. If he saw a load of casing heading out of town, he
might ask the driver where it was headed, and take a quick count of
the pipe. Scouts often met with each other to share
information. The Scout performed a job very similar to a newspaper
reporter. Scouts kept track of the information they had gathered
on each well on "scout tickets."
An
Interactive Scout Ticket
This
particular scout ticket below is from the "Carrel #1-11", a well located in
Roger
Mills County, Oklahoma. The Carrel produces oil and gas from the
deltaic Red Fork sand.
Click on an area of the scout ticket for an
explanation of that information. The definition will appear at the very TOP of your browser window.
