REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Mar 25 to Mar 31, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 129 in the week before −22%
38 operators · 76 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Mar 29, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 36 in the week before +56%
8 operators · 55 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Mar 28, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 22 in the week before +18%
9 operators · 7 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Mar 29, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Mar 31, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matador Production Company | 14 | 14 | Lea, NM |
| XTO Permian Operating LLC. | 13 | 13 | Eddy, NM |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 12 | 12 | Martin, TX |
| EOG Resources Inc | 12 | 12 | Lea, NM |
| Mack Energy Co. | 10 | 0 | Grady, OK |
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 9 | 9 | Lea, NM |
| Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 9 | 9 | Upton, TX |
| Occidental Permian Ltd. | 8 | 8 | Martin, TX |
| BPX Operating Company | 7 | 7 | De Witt, TX |
| Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd. | 6 | 6 | Andrews, TX |
| C E Harmon Oil Inc | 5 | 0 | Stephens, OK |
| COG Operating LLC | 5 | 5 | Martin, TX |
| Apache Corporation | 5 | 5 | Martin, TX |
| EOG Resources Inc. | 4 | 4 | Loving, TX |
| OXY USA WTP LP | 4 | 0 | Kent, TX |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Mar 25 to Mar 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No registration filed its first permit in this period. | ||||
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Mar 25 to Mar 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalier Oil & Gas Inc. | Guadalupe, TXWells around it | 1 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Kornye-Tillman Company | Young, TXWells around it | 1 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Valpoint Operating LLC | Roberts, TXWells around it | 1 | Mar 25, 2024 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Mar 25 to Mar 31, 2024, by who they went from and to: 212 wells between 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penroc Oil Corp | Southwest Royalties Inc, NM | 113 | Mar 27, 2024 |
| MR NM Operating LLC | Mack Energy Corp, NM | 57 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| BXP Operating, LLC | Benton Crude Oil LLC, NM | 34 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Apache Corporation | FAE II Operating LLC, NM | 2 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| BP America Production Company | Simcoe LLC, NM | 2 | Mar 25 to Mar 27, 2024 |
| Civitas Permian Operating, LLC | Alpha Energy Partners LLC, NM | 2 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC | WaterBridge Stateline LLC, NM | 1 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Lynx Petroleum Consultants Inc | Avant Operating, LLC, NM | 1 | Mar 26, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Mar 25 to Mar 31, 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/2024-03-31, documented in the API reference.