Why is it that some companies (like AOK this morning) know how...

Why is it that some companies (like AOK this morning) know how much they produce up to the minute and a company such as Linc doesn't appear to know two months later. After almost losing the lease in the US by being almost two months behind with their October production numbers in Texas to the US authorities(which by the way were about 30% lower than August) they are again tardy with the November figures. There could be a few reasons for the October drop (which as far as I can see has not yet been reported to the ASX) but we won't know until the November figures come through if it is natural decline or some solvable problem.
With Linc's record of reporting good news (and confusing the terms news and opinion just like Fox News) it can't be a good sign.