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title: "Valor Oil & Gas Public Datasets: County Production Rankings, State Operator Directories, and National Operator Rankings (23 U.S. States)"
abstract: "Open oil & gas datasets compiled from state-regulator filings: county-level operator production rankings (oil BBL / gas Mcf / producing-well counts), state operator directories, and national operator rankings across 23 producing U.S. states. Versioned snapshots archived on Zenodo under a permanent DOI; live CSV and JSON downloads on onevalor.com."
type: dataset
authors:
  - name: "Valor Mineral Management, LLC"
    website: "https://www.onevalor.com/"
    city: "Fort Worth"
    region: "Texas"
    country: "US"
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.21442615"
    description: "Concept DOI — always resolves to the latest version"
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.21442616"
    description: "Version 2026.07"
repository: "https://zenodo.org/record/21442616"
url: "https://www.onevalor.com/press/"
version: "2026.07"
date-released: "2026-07-19"
license: CC-BY-4.0
keywords:
  - "oil and gas"
  - "mineral rights"
  - "county production rankings"
  - "oil and gas operators"
  - "operator directory"
  - "producing wells"
  - "Texas Railroad Commission"
  - "Oklahoma Corporation Commission"
  - "open data"