FracCrews

A frac crew is the team required to run a successful hydraulic fracturing operation.

This function returns the location of the frac crews by date. This is useful for keeping track of the number of crews for a given location, date and/or operator.

Syntax

=SMX.FracCrews(Aggregate By, Operator, Region, Subregion, County)

Arguments

Parameter	Description	Example
Aggregate By	Specifies a parameter by which to aggregate data.	"date"
Operator	Limit search by the name of the operator whose wells to retrieve.	"A WILLIAMS OIL"
Region	Limit search by the name of the region where the wells are located.	"west"
Subregion	Limit search by the name of the subregion where the wells are located.	"Haynesville - TX"
County	Limit search by county where the well is located.	"Winkler"

Data can be aggregated by: county, date, operator, region, service_company, state_code, sub_region.

Note

Performance considerations: This function may take some time to retrieve and organize large amounts of data. For best performance, it is recommended to limit the number of input parameters and retrieve only the data needed for analysis.

Note

No Data: Output data will return “#No Data” when input data is invalid or does not exist.

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Examples

1. To retrieve frac crew data by a specific region:

=SMX.FracCrews(,,"GULF")

2. To retrieve frac crew data for a specific operator and subregion:

=SMX.Fraccrews(,"EXXON MOBIL",,"West - TX")

3. To retrieve frac crew data with a operator and county:

=SMX.Fraccrews(,"AETHON ENERGY OPERATING LLC",,,"SAN AUGUSTINE")

4. To retrieve frac crews aggregated by operator:

=SMX.FracCrews("operator")

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Output Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Example
county	string	County in the state where the well is located.	“BEAUREGARD”
date	string	Frac crew location date. Date formatting - [“YYYY-MM-DD”]	“2022-06-01”
frac_class	string	Classifies wells as either oil or gas wells based on the GOR definition from the EIA.	“oil”
lat	string	The latitude of the location, in decimal degrees; follows the WGS 84/EPSG:4326 coordinate system.	“32.2483475”
long	string	The longitude of the location, in decimal degrees; follows the WGS 84/EPSG:4326 coordinate system.	“-93.39548666666667”
operator_name	string	Operator of the well.	“PIE OPERATING, LLC”
region	string	Aggregation of multiple major producing basins.	“GULF”
state_ab	string	Abbreviation of the state.	“LA”
sub_region	string	Aggregation of several counties, typically representing a major producing basin.	“S LA”
wellpad_id	string	Identifier of the wellpad.	27248
service_company	string	Name of the service company associated with the DUCs.	“Liberty”
frac_crews_count	integer	Number of frac crews available for well completions.	1

Note

Wellpads located in Canada are tracked and identified by a prefix ‘C’ in the wellpad id.

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Errors

Functions may return the following error messages:

Error	Description
#VALUE!	Input parameters are invalid or cannot be parsed.
#REF!	The function cannot retrieve data from the SynMaxax API due to a network or connectivity issue.
!!! EXCEPTION	Invalid input parameters. Make sure dates are enclosed in quotes. Check if the API key is valid. To know more about how to use an API key, please check the section on authentication.
#No Data	Input data is invalid or does not exist.

Note

You can also check the logs for more information on errors. You can access the logs by clicking on SynMax Energy on the Excel ribbon and then clicking on Logs.