REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Feb 26 to Mar 3, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 159 in the week before +14%
49 operators · 152 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Mar 1, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 59 in the week before +3%
9 operators · 60 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Mar 1, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 13 in the week before −23%
7 operators · 4 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Mar 1, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Mar 3, 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 Feb 26 to Mar 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upland Energy LLC | Feb 29, 2024 | 1 | 1 | OK |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Feb 26 to Mar 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | Reeves, TXWells around it | 1 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Nog Production & Operating LLC | De Witt, TXWells around it | 1 | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Western Disposal Systems Inc. | Reeves, TXWells around it | 1 | Feb 26, 2024 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Feb 26 to Mar 3, 2024, by who they went from and to: 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPC Resources, LLC | Permian Resources Operating, LLC, NM | 32 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Texland Petroleum-Hobbs, LLC | Harvest Petroleum Partners, LLC, NM | 10 | Feb 27 to Feb 29, 2024 |
| Penroc Oil Corp | Southwest Royalties Inc, NM | 3 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Colgate Operating, LLC | Permian Resources Operating, LLC, NM | 2 | Mar 1, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Feb 26 to Mar 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne SWD #142-135-44039Wells around it | Ovintiv USA Inc.132 of 134 horizontal | Ector, TX | Feb 28, 2024 | 6,636 ft | — |
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/2024-03-03, documented in the API reference.