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Verified field outcomes flow in
Operators contribute confirmed brine assay results, helium recovery rates, residual hydrocarbon yields, and post-extraction economics through a verified-contributor framework.
Data and Methodology
The data nobody else has integrated
State oil and gas commissions hold the historical completions. USGS holds the contemporary water chemistry. Operators hold the ground-truth. MotherLode Reservoir is the first system to integrate all three with a feedback loop that compounds across deployments.
The Data Flywheel
A verification network that compounds the moat with every deployment.
Every operator who deploys MotherLode Reservoir on a well generates ground-truth data: confirmed brine assay results, observed helium recovery, residual hydrocarbon yields, encountered formation pressures, real-world economics. Verified field outcomes feed back into the model, tightening confidence intervals per bycatch category, refining era and basin-specific recovery functions, and improving cross-basin signature matching.
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The model tightens
Confidence intervals narrow per bycatch category. Recovery functions per era, formation, and basin context recalibrate. Cross-basin signature matching becomes more discriminating.
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Every subsequent well benefits
The next operator evaluating a comparable well receives sharper predictions, better economics, and a stronger grant-ready report than the operator before them.
Primary data sources
Multi-modal integration across federal, state, and operator data that no existing system unifies.
State Oil and Gas Commission Records
Well completion records, production histories, and permitting data across all active states. Primary source for era-specific formation completion analytics.
USGS Produced-Water Chemistry Database
Contemporary water chemistry analysis across thousands of sampled wells. Core input to lithium-brine and rare earth element confidence scoring.
NETL Formation Data
National Energy Technology Laboratory formation-level data including depth, pressure, temperature gradient, and geomechanical properties by basin and era.
EPA Orphan-Well Inventories
Federal and state-level orphan well registries. Cross-referenced against production history and bycatch probability to identify high-value plugging candidates.
Era-Specific Completion Analytics
Drilling and completion technology by decade, cross-referenced with formation type to model residual hydrocarbon and bycatch potential under modern extraction economics.
Operator Field Outcomes (Flywheel)
Confirmed brine assay results, helium recovery rates, and post-extraction economics contributed by verified Enterprise customers. Feeds back into the prediction model.
Candidate Ranking
Three output categories. No ambiguity.
Each well is scored on expected incremental recovery, capital cost, time to first production, environmental risk, regulatory complexity, and data confidence. The result is a clear portfolio recommendation.
High — Redevelop
Immediate redevelopment candidate
- Clear remaining pay with favorable pressure and offset production
- Accessible wellbore with acceptable casing and cement
- Low capital intensity, short payout, favorable operating margin
- Infrastructure available and regulatory pathway clear
Medium — Data-Dependent
Hold for additional data acquisition
- Some remaining pay indicated but pressure or continuity needs confirmation
- Mechanical condition uncertain, may be repairable with moderate workover
- Economics dependent on production response or commodity price
- Title or permitting issues require resolution before commitment
Low — Plug or Remediate
Prioritize for plugging and methane reduction
- Limited remaining hydrocarbons or advanced depletion
- Severe casing damage, blocked wellbore, or high plugging risk
- High capital cost, long payout, or unfavorable operating cost
- May qualify for federal or state orphan-well plugging funding
Beyond Known Wells
Cross-basin signature matching identifies wells no one has scored yet.
The platform extracts geological, geochemical, and completion-history signatures from historically productive lithium-brine, helium-rich, and high-residual basins. It then scans the broader oil and gas legacy landscape for wells that share those signatures but were never assayed for bycatch, never reported to federal inventories, or never analyzed against modern recovery economics.
The result is a new class of opportunity: high-potential wells absent from current bycatch databases, absent from state geological survey priority lists, and absent from every commercial energy intelligence product on the market. They exist in the data, just not in anyone’s index.
This capability is patent pending and is unique to MotherLode Reservoir.