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When 'Pulling Bottom' on an oil tank, why is there a decrease in Oil Stock and no effect on my Oil Production?
When 'Pulling Bottom' on an oil tank, why is there a decrease in Oil Stock and no effect on my Oil Production?

Pulled Bottoms (aka BS&W draws) and how they effect your reporting...

Marlee Rose avatar
Written by Marlee Rose
Updated over a week ago

As you know, Pulled Bottoms are essentially 'BS&W draws' (aka Basic Sediment & Water...) 🧾

And, when a bottom is 'pulled', what was once considered Oil Stock (ie sellable product) is no longer classified as such – because that oil no longer exists in the tank!

So, why don't we show negative production for the day? 🧐

First, there's a good chance the lease actually produced oil the same day the Pulled Bottom took place.☝️

However, more importantly the BS&W pulled actually accumulated over several days/weeks...

And, by removing this production from Stock we effectively spread this adjustment over those days/weeks (rather than just one day!) and more accurately reflect what happened in the field πŸ’ͺ🏻

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