REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Jul 29 to Aug 4, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 171 in the week before +9%
56 operators · 155 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 2, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 71 in the week before +37%
8 operators · 96 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 2, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 20 in the week before −5%
14 operators · 10 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 2, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Aug 4, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 46 | 46 | Lea, NM |
| Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. | 25 | 25 | Midland, TX |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 19 | 18 | Martin, TX |
| EOG Resources Inc | 19 | 19 | Lea, NM |
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | 18 | 18 | Eddy, NM |
| Ovintiv USA Inc. | 11 | 11 | Midland, TX |
| Black Swan Opco LLC | 10 | 10 | Glasscock, TX |
| Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | 10 | 10 | Reeves, TX |
| SM Energy Company | 9 | 9 | Martin, TX |
| Matador Production Company | 8 | 8 | Eddy, NM |
| TEP Barnett USA LLC | 7 | 7 | Dallas, TX |
| Devon Energy Production Co L.P. | 6 | 6 | Karnes, TX |
| Apache Corporation | 5 | 5 | Loving, TX |
| Marathon Oil EF LLC | 5 | 5 | Atascosa, TX |
| XTO Energy Inc. | 5 | 5 | Midland, TX |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Jul 29 to Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No registration filed its first permit in this period. | ||||
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Jul 29 to Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command Energy Operating LLC | Carter, OKWells around it | 1 | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Geosouthern Operating II LLC | Anderson, TXWells around it | 1 | Jul 30, 2024 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Jul 29 to Aug 4, 2024, by who they went from and to: 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Operating, Inc. | Roughhouse Operating, LLC, NM | 9 | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Armstrong Energy Corp | PHX Energy, LLC, NM | 7 | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Legacy Reserves Operating, LP | Team Operating, L.L.C., NM | 3 | Aug 1, 2024 |
| New Horizon Resources LLC | Mulloy Operating, Inc., NM | 2 | Aug 1, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Jul 29 to Aug 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/2024-08-04, documented in the API reference.