What AFE Leaks Is
A map of the research, app, API, and AI-agent layers.
AFE Leaks is an upstream cost-intelligence platform.
The public Substack is the research and product-update layer. The app, API, and MCP tools are where the data gets used.
The short version
AFE Leaks helps answer upstream cost questions with structured data instead of anecdotes:
What do wells cost?
How do operators compare?
Where are development costs moving?
Which public-company disclosures tie back to field-level economics?
What data should feed a model, dashboard, screen, or AI-agent workflow?
Product layers
1. Public research
Public posts cover upstream market structure, operator behavior, M&A/A&D, development economics, public-company disclosures, and selected product updates.
This is the front door. It explains what the system is seeing without turning the full dataset into a free surface.
2. Web app
The web app is for direct analysis: well lookups, operator and basin comparisons, development-cost screens, production context, and public-company workflows.
Use it when a human analyst wants to investigate a question directly.
3. API and OData
The API layer is for teams that need AFE Leaks data inside their own models, dashboards, notebooks, underwriting files, or internal systems.
Use it when the workflow repeats or needs to live outside the AFE Leaks interface.
4. MCP / AI-agent access
MCP access lets controlled AI agents query AFE Leaks tools directly: resolve a well or operator, pull cost data, compare peers, check public guidance, and summarize the result.
Use it when the question is too open-ended for a single dashboard filter.
Main data families
well metadata and locations
AFE and actual cost summaries
cost breakdowns by phase and component
production, tests, casing, surveys, formations, and EUR context
vendor-cost and service-market workflows where available
public-company financials, reserves, operations, guidance, credit, hedges, and cost disclosures
research notes and operator context that explain what the raw data means
Who uses it
AFE Leaks is built for analysts, operators, investors, banks, consultants, and data teams working on upstream development economics.
Different users need different access:
individual readers: public research and selected product updates
analysts: web app and paid research
teams: corporate access, shared workflows, and seat management
data users: API, OData, and bulk data workflows
AI users: MCP tools for agentic research and internal copilots
Where to go next
For public work and examples, start with the Research page.
For the product map, use this page as the reference point.
For structured access, use the API / MCP page.
For subscriptions, team access, bulk data, or enterprise workflows, use the Access page.
Email: bd@afeleaks.com