US weekly report

Week of Dec 23 to Dec 29, 2024

State

New Mexico
82
wells permitted · 51 in the week before +61%
10 operators · 81 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Dec 28, 2024
Oklahoma
13
wells permitted · 15 in the week before −13%
6 operators · 12 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Dec 27, 2024
Texas
5
wells permitted · 169 in the week before −97%
4 operators · 3 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Dec 27, 2024

Wells permitted by week

The twelve weeks to Dec 29, 2024, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.

Operators with the most wells permitted

Operator	Wells	Horizontal	Mostly in
WPX Energy Permian, LLC	17	17	Eddy, NM
XTO Permian Operating LLC.	14	14	Eddy, NM
Devon Energy Production Company, LP	12	12	Lea, NM
Permian Resources Operating, LLC	9	9	Eddy, NM
EOG Resources Inc	9	9	Lea, NM
Coterra Energy Operating Co.	8	8	Canadian, OK
Coterra Energy Operating Co.	8	8	Lea, NM
Mewbourne Oil Co	7	7	Lea, NM
OXY USA Inc	4	4	Eddy, NM
Ike Operating LLC	2	2	Dawson, TX
Duncan Oil Properties Inc	1	1	Blaine, OK
Continental Resources Inc.	1	1	Ector, TX
L.E. Jones Operating, Inc.	1	0	Love, OK
Dallas Production Company LLC	1	0	Gregg, TX
Freedom Operating Company LLC	1	1	Lincoln, OK

Counties with the most wells permitted

County	Wells	Horizontal	Operators
Eddy, NM	49	49	7
Lea, NM	32	32	6
Canadian, OK	8	8	1
Dawson, TX	2	2	1
Atascosa, TX	1	0	1
Blaine, OK	1	1	1
Ector, TX	1	1	1
Garvin, OK	1	1	1
Gregg, TX	1	0	1
Lincoln, OK	1	1	1
Love, OK	1	0	1
Roger Mills, OK	1	1	1
San Juan, NM	1	0	1

Operators filing a first permit

Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Dec 23 to Dec 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
No registration filed its first permit in this period.

Operators new to a county

An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Dec 23 to Dec 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
No operator permitted a first well in a county in this period.

Wells that changed operator

Wells whose operator of record changed Dec 23 to Dec 29, 2024, by who they went from and to: 13 wells between 2 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
Manzano LLC	Ad Astra Resources LLC, NM	11	Dec 26, 2024
Tascosa Energy Partners, L.L.C	TRP Operating LLC, NM	2	Dec 26, 2024

Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals

Vertical wells permitted Dec 23 to Dec 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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