REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Jan 15 to Jan 21, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 244 in the week before −57%
43 operators · 82 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Jan 19, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 78 in the week before −74%
9 operators · 19 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Jan 19, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 11 in the week before +0%
7 operators · 8 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Jan 19, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Jan 21, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Jan 15 to Jan 21, 2024. A registration is one operator number with one regulator, so a new one is not always a new company: where Petrora groups it with other registrations, the company is named.
| Operator | First permit | Wells permitted | Permits on file | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Orchard Operating LLC | Jan 19, 2024 | 1 | 65 | Reagan, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Jan 15 to Jan 21, 2024 where the operator has no other well of record. The map shows the wells around the first of them, by operator. Registrations that are new altogether are in the list above.
| Operator | County | Wells permitted | First approved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenlake Energy Operating LLC | Ward, TXWells around it | 2 | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Petroplex SWD System, LLC | Scurry, TXWells around it | 1 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| Oneok Westex Transmission,l.l.c. | Navarro, TXWells around it | 1 | Jan 18, 2024 |
| Parks Rhone Inc. | Throckmorton, TXWells around it | 1 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| Viper S.W.D. LLC | Nueces, TXWells around it | 1 | Jan 16, 2024 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Jan 15 to Jan 21, 2024, by who they went from and to: 24 wells between 4 pairs of operators. The record says the operator changed, not why. Operator history is not available for Texas or Oklahoma, so this list is New Mexico only.
| From | To | Wells | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| XTO Energy, Inc | XTO Permian Operating LLC., NM | 10 | Jan 18, 2024 |
| Permian Resources Operating, LLC | EOG Resources Inc, NM | 8 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| Chevron U S A Inc | Mack Energy Corp, NM | 4 | Jan 16, 2024 |
| EOG Resources Inc | Permian Resources Operating, LLC, NM | 2 | Jan 17, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Jan 15 to Jan 21, 2024 by operators whose wells permitted over the twelve months before were at least 90% horizontal, out of 10 or more. New wells only, where the record says what a permit is for. The record says the well is vertical, not what it is for; its name and depth are what there is to read.
| Well | Operator | County | Approved | Target depth | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser SWD #001H30-005-64388Wells around it | Mack Energy Corp24 of 25 horizontal | Chaves, NM | Jan 18, 2024 | 10,960 ft | Salt water disposal |
About this data
Each state regulator's well record (Texas: RRC; New Mexico: OCD; Oklahoma: OCC). A count is wells permitted: one row per well under its latest approved permit, on the approval date. The week is recounted from the record each time the page is opened, so a well whose permit is amended later moves to the amendment's week. An operator is one registration with one regulator. Nothing is estimated or scored: each list is the rule stated above it.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/reports/weekly/2024-01-21, documented in the API reference.