Retsil

What an assessment costs.

Pricing is per piece of ground, not per seat. A screening tells you whether a tract is worth spending survey money on. A written report is what you hand to a partner, a lender, or your own geologist.

Trusted daily by independent operators, landmen and mineral owners across the Permian, Bakken, DJ, Anadarko and Gulf Coast basins — many under NDA.

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Pay on success

Negotiated success bonus — owed only if the well produces

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Reduced engagement fee upfront for siting the well, then a negotiated one-time success fee per well that reaches commercial production. Dry hole, no bonus. Flat fee only — no royalty, no working interest, no share of your costs.

Flagship engagement

Well Save — drilling risk package

$25,000

per prospect, one-time

For the operator who is weeks away from turning to the right on a six- or seven-figure well. Every screening tool we have, run exhaustively on one prospect and the ground around it, to answer a single question in writing: is there anything in the public record that argues against spending this money here? A single avoided dry hole pays for this many times over.

→Exhaustive offset-well analysis across the full surrounding basin, not a 5 km ring
→Every recorded producer, dry hole, and outcome scored against your target
→Regional geology: lithology, sedimentary thickness, source, reservoir and seal read
→Recorded seismicity and induced-seismicity exposure around the pad
→Up to 25 candidate locations on your acreage, ranked best-to-worst for the drill
→Your own logs, cores, or well records loaded and weighted into the engine
→Written Well Save report: go / no-go, risk register, and a staged work programme
→A working session to walk your team or partners through the findings
→Free re-run for 12 months as new wells are recorded near your prospect
→Priority turnaround — a rush drilling decision can be handled same week
Request Well Save — $25,000 (wire only)Book a call first

Well Save is an exhaustive screening and risk-review engagement built on public and client-supplied records, invoiced and paid by bank wire only — no card payment, paid in full before work begins. It does not include commissioned seismic acquisition, wireline logging, core analysis, title work, or permitting, and it is not a substitute for review by a licensed petroleum geologist or engineer. It does not guarantee a producing well or prevent a dry hole.

Upgrade — Level 1 to Level 2

Licensed geologist verification

$1,950

per tract, one-time

Every Retsil report ships as a Level 1 preliminary screening. Add this step and a licensed petroleum geologist reviews that exact tract and the records behind it, then signs a Level 2 opinion with licence number, state, and date of review — written into the report you hand to a partner, lender, or board.

→Independent review of every figure in your report
→Target formation and depth call checked against offset records
→Signed go / no-go opinion with licence number and date
→Signature block written into the downloadable report file
→Return call to walk through the reasoning
→Turnaround typically 3–5 business days, rush available
Add verification — $1,950Run the screening first

Verification is an independent professional opinion on the screening data supplied. It does not include commissioned seismic acquisition, wireline logging, core analysis, title work, permitting, or well design by a licensed drilling engineer, and it does not guarantee a producing well.

Single assessments

Coordinate screening

$149

per coordinate

One latitude/longitude run through the engine on screen: probability, confidence band, verdict, estimated target depth, nearby well evidence, and the measured subsurface read. Works onshore and offshore where public data is available.

  • Live state well records where the state is connected
  • Live federal offshore well records where connected (US Gulf of Mexico, Alaska OCS)
  • Regional geology: lithology, sedimentary thickness, source/reservoir/seal
  • Recorded seismicity within 120 km
  • Drilling recommendation tier with risks and next steps
  • Results held in your account for re-opening
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Written prospect report

$450

per report

The full downloadable report for one tract: every figure above written out with sources, drivers, closest wells on record, risk register, and a recommended work programme.

  • Downloadable report file you can forward to partners or lenders
  • Named data sources and licences for every figure
  • Risk register and step-by-step next actions
  • One re-run free within 30 days if new wells are recorded nearby
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Basin / acreage package

From $2,400

per block

Up to 25 coordinates across a lease block or basin, ranked against each other, plus a single combined report identifying the best drilling candidates.

  • Up to 25 coordinate assessments, ranked
  • Combined report with a recommended drilling order
  • Your own well records loaded into the engine
  • Re-ranking as your data grows
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Add-ons

  • Additional coordinate inside an existing package$95
  • Re-assessment of a previously reported tract$75
  • Loading your own well or log records into the engine$250 per dataset
  • Rush turnaround (same business day)+50%

Prices are in US dollars and exclude any applicable sales tax. Volume and repeat-client rates are quoted on request.

Specialist services

Offshore screeningGlobal coordinates, US Gulf & Alaska live dataWell Save risk package$25,000 wire-only drill/no-drill deep divePay-on-success structureNegotiated success fee per producing well

How Retsil compares

Traditional prospect tools are built for operators with multi-year contracts and enterprise price tags. Retsil is built for the decision that happens before that: a fast, one-time, coordinate-first screening that tells you whether a tract is worth spending real money on.

What you getTraditional toolsRetsil
Entry costAnnual subscription or high-touch sales$149 per coordinate, no contract
TurnaroundDays to weeks for onboarding and outputMinutes for a screening, 2 days for a report
CommitmentMulti-year licence or platform lock-inOne-time purchase, buy only what you need
Data sourcesProprietary datasets, often gatedPublic state records, USGS, Macrostrat, seismicity
DeliverableDashboard access or enterprise reportOn-screen assessment + downloadable report
Best forPortfolio-wide, high-volume operatorsLandmen, brokers, investors, small operators

Retsil does not replace enterprise interpretation suites, commissioned seismic, or a licensed petroleum geologist. It is a fast preliminary screen that helps you decide where to spend your next dollar.

User-submitted outcomes

What drillers and operators have added about Retsil.

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These outcomes were added by users — drillers, operators, land managers, and investors. Names are withheld because most clients work under NDA. Dates and roles are real to the month. Results are reported by the client; they are not audited or guaranteed.

Avoided dry-hole cost$6.2M saved

“Retsil flagged a spacing issue we had not seen in our internal scout. We moved the pad 800 meters east and the first well came in clean. The well we were originally going to drill first is now marked evaluate-only. Estimated avoided drill-and-complete spend: $6.2 million.”

Independent operator, Permian Basin

June 2026

Faster lease decision$400K saved

“We had 48 hours to decide on a 1,200-acre lease. Retsil ran the block in under an hour and ranked five sections. Two were clear pass, two were conditional, one was drill. We took the drill section down and passed on the rest. Saved us roughly $400,000 in earnest money and negotiation time.”

Land manager, Delaware Basin

May 2026

First production timing18 days faster

“The direction call and target depth matched our geologist's independent pick within 4%. We spudded 11 days earlier than planned because the screening gave us a clear rig class and lateral length before the engineer signed off. First sales were 18 days ahead of budget.”

Operations VP, DJ Basin

July 2026

Portfolio screening9 leases dropped, 2 producers

“We had 14 old leases on a spreadsheet and no idea which ones to keep. Retsil screened all 14 in one afternoon. We dropped 9, renewed 3, and drilled 2. The two we drilled are both producing. The screening cost less than one day of our geologist's time.”

Small operator, Bakken

April 2026

Investor confidenceDeal funded

“We used the written report in our investor deck. The risk register and offset evidence gave the lender enough comfort to fund the AFE. The well is now producing. The $450 report was the cheapest diligence we did on the deal.”

Managing member, private oil & gas fund

August 2026

These are user-added, client-reported outcomes, not a guarantee of future results. Every well is different, and Retsil remains a preliminary screening tool. A licensed petroleum geologist or drilling engineer should review any drill recommendation before capital is committed.

Disclaimer — read before purchase

  • Retsil produces a preliminary, data-driven screening assessment. It is not a certified geological evaluation, a reserves report, a securities document, or professional engineering advice.
  • Assessments are built from public drilling records, public geological map and stratigraphic data, public earthquake catalogues, and any records you supply. Those sources contain gaps and errors that carry into the result.
  • Geological data is regional in resolution. It constrains whether the rock can hold hydrocarbons; it does not locate a trap. No commissioned 2D or 3D reflection seismic, well logs, or core analysis are included.
  • A recommendation tier of "recommended to drill" is a screening output only. No well should be drilled without site-specific seismic, a licensed petroleum geologist's review, engineering design, and title, lease, spacing, and permitting confirmation.
  • Probabilities and recovery figures are estimates with wide bands. Actual outcomes routinely differ. Nothing here is a guarantee, warranty, or prediction of production, revenue, or reserves.
  • Nothing on this site is an offer of, or solicitation for, an investment or working interest.

Terms of service

  1. Scope. You purchase an assessment or report for the coordinates or acreage you specify. Deliverables are the on-screen assessment and, where purchased, the downloadable report file.
  2. Turnaround. Coordinate screenings are produced immediately. Written reports are delivered within two business days; basin packages within five.
  3. Payment. Fees are due in full before delivery unless otherwise agreed in writing. Prices may change for future orders.
  4. Refunds. Because a report is produced specifically for your coordinates, fees are non-refundable once delivered. If the engine cannot produce an assessment for your ground, or the delivered report is materially incomplete, you receive a full refund. Cancel before work starts for a full refund.
  5. Your data. Records you upload stay yours. They are used only to produce your assessments and are not resold or shared. You confirm you have the right to supply them.
  6. Licence. Reports are licensed to you and your named partners, lenders, and advisers for your own evaluation. Resale or public redistribution requires written permission.
  7. No professional relationship. Using Retsil does not create a geologist–client, engineer–client, or fiduciary relationship. You are responsible for obtaining licensed professional review before acting.
  8. Liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, total liability for any claim relating to an assessment is limited to the fee paid for it. No liability is accepted for drilling costs, dry holes, lease costs, lost profits, or other indirect or consequential losses.
  9. Third-party data. Public data is used under its own licences, including Macrostrat (CC-BY 4.0), USGS, and state oil and gas regulators. Those bodies do not endorse this service.
  10. Changes. These terms may be updated; the version in force at the time of your order applies to that order.

Questions about scope, coverage, or a custom quote? Ask before you order — screening the wrong ground is the most expensive mistake here.