Full Wellbore Database (EBCDIC)
Original only EBCDIC
The same wellbore database, in the raw IBM mainframe encoding.
Get the data
No download is available for this dataset yet. It is catalogued here so the record layout and code lookups are at least written down.
What this is
Byte-for-byte the same records as the ASCII wellbore file, encoded in EBCDIC cp037 as the Commission's mainframe writes them.
RRC publishes both because some subscribers feed the file straight into COBOL systems that expect the original encoding.
What you can do with it
Feed a mainframe-era reader without a transcoding step, or verify that an ASCII conversion round-trips.
Gotchas
EBCDIC is not ASCII and is not UTF-8. Opening this in a text editor produces garbage. Packed-decimal fields inside it are not text at all. Unless you specifically need the original encoding, take the ASCII file, which EZRRC has already parsed.
EZRRC does not parse this file. Upstream has not built a reader for it yet, so the catalog documents it and links to the Commission's own copy rather than pretending to serve rows it does not have.
Record layout
0 columns.
We have not transcribed the record layout for this dataset yet. The RRC manual linked under “Where this comes from” is the authoritative description in the meantime.
Where this comes from
- Published by
- Texas Railroad Commission — the original page
- Original format
- EBCDIC IBM mainframe encoding (cp037). Opening it as text gives you nonsense; it has to be transcoded first.
- Update cadence
- Updated once a week (Weekly. Available by the following Monday.)
- RRC download link
- GoAnywhere MFT
- Record layout manual
EZRRC is an independent mirror of public-domain data published by the Texas Railroad Commission. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the RRC. For any legal or regulatory purpose, verify against the official RRC release.