Texas basins

West Texas, the Midland and Delaware sub-basins and the Eastern Shelf. The busiest drilling region in the country, almost entirely horizontal, with Midland, Martin, Reeves, and Loving counties leading the permit count and the deep disposal wells that go with it.

1,479

permits, 90 days -5%

134

operators active

83%

horizontal

Leading: Martin, Reeves, Midland · 55 counties

South Texas from the border toward the Brazos. Oil, condensate, and gas in bands by depth, led by Karnes, La Salle, Webb, and DeWitt counties.

323

permits, 90 days -23%

54

operators active

87%

horizontal

Leading: Karnes, Dimmit, LA Salle · 44 counties

The onshore coastal belt from the Rio Grande Valley to the Louisiana line: conventional oil and gas, gas storage, saltwater disposal, and the first carbon-storage filings.

185

permits, 90 days +13%

39

operators active

68%

horizontal

Leading: Webb, Washington, Fayette · 65 counties

The legacy East Texas Oilfield alongside the Haynesville and Bossier shale gas plays. Activity runs along the Sabine River, driven by dry gas and LNG demand.

189

permits, 90 days -29%

47

operators active

75%

horizontal

Leading: Nacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine · 42 counties

The Fort Worth Basin, where modern shale gas began. Barnett infill drilling today mixed with conventional and disposal wells across North and North-Central Texas, Wichita Falls to Abilene.

147

permits, 90 days -4%

58

operators active

14%

horizontal

Leading: Taylor, Wilbarger, Jack · 44 counties

The Panhandle gas field and the Granite Wash along the Anadarko Basin margin: gas, oil, and the water handling that comes with old fields.

23

permits, 90 days +28%

12

operators active

69%

horizontal

Leading: Hemphill, Ochiltree, Roberts · 26 counties