REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Sep 23 to Sep 29, 2024
Texas
wells permitted · 175 in the week before −24%
46 operators · 106 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Sep 27, 2024
New Mexico
wells permitted · 49 in the week before +45%
10 operators · 71 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Sep 27, 2024
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 17 in the week before −6%
9 operators · 13 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Sep 27, 2024
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Sep 29, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOG Resources Inc | 28 | 28 | Lea, NM |
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | 14 | 14 | Eddy, NM |
| BPX Operating Company | 14 | 14 | Reeves, TX |
| EOG Resources Inc. | 10 | 10 | Gonzales, TX |
| Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC | 9 | 2 | Scurry, TX |
| Jonah Energy LLC | 7 | 7 | Dimmit, TX |
| Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 7 | 7 | Karnes, TX |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 7 | 7 | Martin, TX |
| Oxyrock Operating LLC | 6 | 6 | Glasscock, TX |
| Mewbourne Oil Co | 6 | 6 | Eddy, NM |
| Ridgeway Arizona Oil Corp. | 6 | 6 | Roosevelt, NM |
| Marathon Oil EF LLC | 5 | 5 | Karnes, TX |
| OXY USA Inc | 4 | 4 | Eddy, NM |
| Conocophillips Company | 4 | 4 | Culberson, TX |
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 4 | 4 | Lea, NM |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Sep 23 to Sep 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP Energy, LLC | Sep 27, 2024 | 2 | 2 | TX |
| Tab Operating, Inc. | Sep 24, 2024 | 1 | 1 | TX |
| Sherman Oil Company LLC | Sep 25, 2024 | 0 | 1 | TX |
| L7 Energy LLC | Sep 25, 2024 | 0 | 1 | TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Sep 23 to Sep 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VX Operating LLC | Fisher, TXWells around it | 1 | Sep 27, 2024 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Sep 23 to Sep 29, 2024, by who they went from and to: 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Resources Exploration Company, LLC | Dugan Production Corp, NM | 13 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Flat Creek Resources, LLC | Murchison Oil and Gas, LLC, NM | 4 | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Murchison Oil and Gas, LLC | Flat Creek Resources, LLC, NM | 4 | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Contango Resources, LLC | Riley Permian Operating Company, LLC, NM | 1 | Sep 24, 2024 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Sep 23 to Sep 29, 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.
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