Production Allocation Software
Multi-well pads. Allocated correctly the first time.
Production allocation is the math that splits commingled pad measurements back to the wells that produced it. At 500+ wells across multiple pads, 1 to 3% of allocated production silently drifts every month. That drift becomes misallocated revenue, royalty disputes, and state-audit risk. The WorkSync multi-source allocation engine closes the drift loop.
Definition
What is production allocation?
Production allocation is the math that splits commingled production (oil, gas, water) measured at a pad or facility back to the individual wells that produced it. The output is per-well daily volumes that feed production accounting, royalty calculations, severance tax filings, and state-required reporting to the Texas RRC, Oklahoma OTC, Wyoming OGCC, and North Dakota NDIC.
The standard method is the well-test allocation factor: each well gets tested individually on a periodic cadence (typically monthly), and the test ratios become the allocation weights for the days between tests. Reservoir engineers know this method drifts. The longer a well goes between tests, the less the test ratio reflects current behavior. Multi-pad operators with 500+ wells lose between 1 and 3 percent of allocated production every month to this drift.
The cost shows up downstream. Misallocated revenue. Royalty disputes that take quarters to resolve. State-audit findings that force amendment cycles back six months. Severance-tax over- and under-payments that net out across the operator but are painful at the lease level.
Where allocation breaks
The four drift modes, and how WorkSync closes each.
Drift 01
Stale well tests
The drift
Allocation factors derived from a 90-day-old well test stop reflecting today's reality. A well that has decline-cured 20% since its last test gets over-allocated; its pad neighbors get under-allocated.
WorkSync fix
Per-well decline-forecast overlay continuously adjusts the allocation factor between physical well tests. Flags the wells where the drift has exceeded the cost-of-a-well-test threshold.
Drift 02
SCADA gaps
The drift
When individual-well SCADA is missing or unreliable, allocation falls back to manual estimates. Estimates compound. A 3% error on one well becomes 1% error across the pad and 0.5% error at the operator level.
WorkSync fix
WorkSync's Data Quality Agent flags SCADA gaps with dollar-impact estimates so the well-test schedule prioritizes where the data is worst, not where it is most recent.
Drift 03
Reconciliation breaks
The drift
Sum of allocated volumes must match facility totals. When they do not, the spread gets stuffed into a "balancing well" or smeared across the pad. The audit trail goes dark.
WorkSync fix
Reconciliation is enforced. When totals disagree, every well's contribution is visible with the source-input timestamp. State auditors get a defensible methodology, not a black box.
Drift 04
Amendment chaos
The drift
Prior-month amendments after a late well test, a corrected meter, or a discovered error require re-allocation backward. Without versioning, the new numbers replace the old and history goes dark.
WorkSync fix
Every allocation factor is versioned by date and input source. Prior-month amendments restate cleanly. Royalty owners see a consistent, traceable trail.
Continue the cluster
Allocation is one piece of the upstream-optimization discipline.
Companion pillars
The cluster
State reporting
Where allocation hits the regulator
How the loop closes
Capability deep-dives
Frequently asked
What production accountants ask about allocation drift.
What is production allocation?
Splitting commingled production (measured at a pad or facility) back to individual wells. Drives production accounting, royalty calculation, severance tax, and state-required reporting.
Why is it hard at scale?
Well tests drift between measurements, SCADA gaps force estimation, and the sum of allocated volumes has to match facility totals to be auditable. Operators with 500+ wells routinely lose 1–3% of allocated production to drift.
How does WorkSync allocation work?
Multi-source engine: most-recent well tests + SCADA behavior + reservoir decline forecasts + facility-level reconciliation. Daily allocation factor per well with full audit trail. When inputs disagree, it surfaces the disagreement instead of silently picking a winner.
How does it integrate with our production accounting?
Writes daily allocated volumes into Enertia, Quorum, W Energy, Oildex, or your PA system via the Data Hub. Factors are versioned so prior-month amendments are traceable.
What does the pilot show?
During the 4-week pilot we run our engine in parallel with yours and surface every well where the two methods disagree by more than 5%. Most operators find 2–8% of wells flagged in the first run.
See your allocation drift in 4 weeks.
We run our engine in parallel with yours. Every well that disagrees by more than 5% shows up on Day 1. No license cost during the pilot.