REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Aug 19 to Aug 25, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 195 in the week before +5%
54 operators · 172 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 23, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 55 in the week before −15%
11 operators · 46 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 23, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 8 in the week before +63%
8 operators · 9 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 23, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Aug 25, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 23 | 23 | Martin, TX |
| Pdeh LLC | 17 | 17 | Loving, TX |
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 15 | 15 | Lea, NM |
| Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | 14 | 13 | Culberson, TX |
| Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 13 | 13 | Midland, TX |
| Surge Operating LLC | 12 | 12 | Howard, TX |
| Marathon Oil EF LLC | 11 | 11 | Atascosa, TX |
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 10 | 10 | Culberson, TX |
| SM Energy Company | 10 | 10 | Upton, TX |
| Continental Resources Inc. | 8 | 8 | Pecos, TX |
| Apache Corporation | 7 | 7 | Midland, TX |
| Mewbourne Oil Co | 6 | 6 | Eddy, NM |
| Discovery Natural Resources LLC | 6 | 6 | Irion, TX |
| Spur Energy Partners LLC | 6 | 6 | Eddy, NM |
| Firebird Energy II LLC | 5 | 5 | Midland, TX |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Aug 19 to Aug 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mmgl Txph, LLC | Aug 21, 2024 | 1 | 10 | Hemphill, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Aug 19 to Aug 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| No operator permitted a first well in a county in this period. | |||
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Aug 19 to Aug 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOG Resources Inc | Mewbourne Oil Co, NM | 2 | Aug 22, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Aug 19 to Aug 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay Martin DMG SWD #442-109-33859Wells around it | Chevron U. S. A. Inc.176 of 181 horizontal | Culberson, TX | Aug 22, 2024 | — | Injection |
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/2024-08-25, documented in the API reference.