Start with what you know about the gas, where it can be delivered and who can discuss its use. Keep estimates separate from measurements. A useful first submission can still contain unknowns.
Describe the source and the current outlet
Give the state and county, a source identifier if you have one, and your relationship to the source. Describe whether the gas is currently flared, constrained, used on site or sold through an existing outlet. If an alternative outlet is the question, say that directly. Methane.Exchange considers these situations as part of the same qualification process.
Public production records are a starting point for research. They do not establish what a supplier can offer today. The Railroad Commission of Texas publishes historical production information; its query help also distinguishes production from disposition. Our qualification process therefore asks the supplier to confirm current availability separately. RRC production resources and RRC query help, checked October 3, 2026.
Identify the volume that might be available
State a rate and its unit, the period it describes and where it was measured. Say whether it is a measured delivery rate, a production total, a test result or an estimate. Include the meter's stated volume basis if available. Do not turn a monthly total into a dependable delivery rate without showing the period and the assumption.
Keep produced gas and proposed delivery volume separate. EIA distinguishes gross withdrawals, marketed production and dry production because gas can be used, removed or processed between those stages. That distinction is a reason to ask where your number applies. It does not tell us the available volume of a particular source. EIA production definitions, checked October 3, 2026.
- What could be delivered, and at which point?
- What gas is already committed or used elsewhere?
- What changes, interruptions or decline should a buyer understand?
- What is measured, what is estimated and what remains unknown?
Bring quality and pressure into the conversation
For follow-up, identify whether a dated gas analysis exists. Ask the equipment provider what it needs to review, including heating value, heating-value basis, composition and contaminants. Record delivery pressure with its unit, measurement point and whether it is gauge or absolute pressure. Record a range if pressure varies. A supplier's description and an equipment maker's acceptance requirements are separate records.
Equipment requirements are specific to the model and application. For example, Caterpillar describes its G3516H as intended for low-pressure pipeline natural gas and certain hydrogen mixtures. That product description is not acceptance of your gas stream and is not an endorsement of any provider. Ask the proposed provider for the actual fuel specification. Caterpillar G3516H product information, checked October 3, 2026.
Separate gas control from site control
Tell us who can discuss the supply and who can discuss the proposed equipment site. These may be different people. Describe your relationship to each. Give the location at the precision you can share, then note access, usable footprint and known connection routes. Mark anything unconfirmed as unknown.
A site description should identify what is known about access and the proposed use. It should also identify which questions need the property owner's or operator's answer. A nearby gas source does not establish a delivery arrangement.
Set the timing and disclosure boundary
Describe when the supply might be available, the period you can discuss and what could change that period. Identify a person who can answer follow-up questions. Tell us which details can be discussed with a possible counterparty and which need a separate conversation first.
The first form needs a short description, not a complete project file. Keep contracts and settlement statements out of it. If a figure is unknown, select Unknown and explain what would establish it. Describe a gas-supply opportunity.