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Top Wells Per Region SQL
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Top Wells Per Region SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the top three highest-performing oil wells per region using window functions.

Treat performance as the total recorded barrels produced by each well. Use the provided wells and well_production tables.

Output

  1. Return one row per selected well with region, well_id, well_name, total_production, and performance_rank.
  2. Include at most three wells per region, ordered by region, rank, and well ID.
  3. Break equal production totals by ascending well_id.

Schema

wells
ColumnTypeDescription
well_idPKINTUnique identifier for the oil well
regionVARCHAR(100)Operational region containing the well
well_nameVARCHAR(150)Name assigned to the well
well_production
ColumnTypeDescription
production_idPKINTUnique production record identifier
well_idINTReferenced oil well
production_dateDATEDate of the production measurement
barrelsNUMERIC(12,0)Barrels produced during the measurement period
Tableswellswell_production
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