Policy and Regulatory Basis Q&A for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development: Citation Sources and Traceability

Policy and Regulatory Basis Q&A for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development: Citation Sources and Traceability

What This Category of Data Looks Like

Policy and regulatory basis data for the oil and gas exploration and development field comes primarily from official policy documents, industry exploration and development standards and specifications released by the National Energy Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources, and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Data updates follow quarterly official releases and annual industry standard revisions. Each full policy document uses complete policies as the unit, and includes fields such as policy document number, issuing authority, effective date, applicable scenarios, and specific clauses. The minimum unit for clause content is the "article". Some cross-regional policies also include regional adaptation notes.

How These Characteristics Impact Citation Sources and Traceability

Official policies carry authoritative status, so traceability must match unique document numbers and issuing authorities. Configuration must strictly associate metadata from original documents during setup. Individual policy clauses can be lengthy. When splitting content, use clauses as the minimum unit to avoid incomplete citations caused by over-splitting. Policy update frequency is relatively stable, but changes must be addressed promptly. Traceability must support version verification to prevent referencing expired clauses. Policies at different levels (national, local, enterprise) have different priority levels. Source levels must be clearly marked during traceability to ensure users obtain accurate supporting basis.

Configuration Settings

Reference only; verify against the target FastGPT release and deployment documentation.

Configuration ItemRecommended ValueRationale
quoteMaxToken800–1200 tokenSingle clauses in oil and gas exploration and development policies are generally lengthy. Complete quoted content must be retained
responseDataEnabledMetadata such as policy document numbers and issuing units must be returned to ensure traceability accuracy
detailFull outputComplete original policy clauses must be displayed to avoid misunderstandings caused by truncation
Single minimum citation length100 charactersFilter meaningless short fragments to ensure valid quoted content
Citation display locationEnd of answer paragraphsAligns with industry user habits for policy review, enabling quick verification
Maximum number of citationsTop 3Relevant policy clauses are concentrated in a single scenario. Excessive citations increase reading burden

Three Common Configuration Errors

  • Scenario: When accessing the application via a guest login share link, the citation traceability function does not activate, and no original text entry appears on the interface. Cause: The responseData parameter is not enabled in the application configuration, and share permissions do not allow metadata display.
  • Scenario: No citation marker appears at the end of the answer paragraph, and content is only hidden in the sidebar. Cause: The detail configuration is not set to full output. Only summary content is returned, and citation marker generation is not triggered.
  • Scenario: The answer times out, and citation content fails to load. Cause: The quoteMaxToken setting exceeds the system processing threshold, causing a request timeout.

How to Verify Proper Configuration

  • Submit a test question such as "What are the policy basis for exploration right approval in oil and gas exploration and development?" Check if a clickable citation marker appears at the end of the answer.
  • Click the citation marker, confirm that the loaded page displays policy document numbers, issuing units, effective dates and other metadata consistent with original policy documents.
  • Conduct a continuous follow-up test: First ask about the core clauses of a specific policy, then ask about the applicable scope of that clause. Confirm that citation traceability can associate policy content from the context.
  • Generate a guest login share link, access it using an unlogged browser. Confirm that the citation marker can be clicked normally, and no permission restriction prompt appears.

The values provided are common starting points and should be evaluated against the reader’s own samples.

Question material comes from public community discussions. Configuration values are common starting points and should be measured against your own samples. Verified on 2026-09-28.