REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Jan 29 to Feb 4, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 171 in the week before +4%
52 operators · 141 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Feb 2, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 41 in the week before +63%
12 operators · 66 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Feb 2, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 12 in the week before +25%
7 operators · 5 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Feb 2, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Feb 4, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPX Operating Company | 17 | 17 | Loving, TX |
| EOG Resources Inc | 15 | 15 | Eddy, NM |
| Civitas Permian Operating, LLC | 12 | 12 | Reagan, TX |
| Crescent Energy Operating LLC | 12 | 12 | Upton, TX |
| EOG Resources Inc. | 9 | 9 | Loving, TX |
| OXY USA Inc | 8 | 8 | Lea, NM |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 8 | 8 | Martin, TX |
| Conocophillips Company | 8 | 8 | Lea, NM |
| Greenlake Energy Operating LLC | 8 | 8 | Reeves, TX |
| DJR Operating, LLC | 8 | 8 | Rio Arriba, NM |
| Ovintiv USA Inc. | 7 | 7 | Howard, TX |
| Mewbourne Oil Co | 6 | 6 | Eddy, NM |
| Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | 6 | 6 | Reeves, TX |
| Adamas Energy LLC | 5 | 5 | San Augustine, TX |
| Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 5 | 5 | Live Oak, TX |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Jan 29 to Feb 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventana Midstream LLC | Feb 2, 2024 | 1 | 6 | Nacogdoches, TX |
| Conocophillips Texas Gulf Coast | Feb 2, 2024 | 0 | 2 | TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Jan 29 to Feb 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canan Mowrey Operating LLC | Scurry, TXWells around it | 1 | Feb 2, 2024 |
| Discovery Operating Inc. | Scurry, TXWells around it | 1 | Jan 30, 2024 |
| Castex Energy, Inc. | Harris, TXWells around it | 1 | Jan 29, 2024 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Jan 29 to Feb 4, 2024, by who they went from and to: 2 wells between 1 pair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tap Rock Operating, LLC | Civitas Permian Operating, LLC, NM | 2 | Feb 2, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Jan 29 to Feb 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No vertical well was permitted by such an operator in this period. | |||||
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/2024-02-04, documented in the API reference.