REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Feb 17 to Feb 23, 2025
Texas
wells permitted · 169 in the week before −15%
41 operators · 127 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Feb 21, 2025
New Mexico
wells permitted · 89 in the week before +12%
14 operators · 98 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Feb 23, 2025
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 17 in the week before +41%
9 operators · 22 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Feb 21, 2025
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Feb 23, 2025, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | 27 | 27 | Lea, NM |
| Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. | 16 | 16 | Upton, TX |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 15 | 15 | Martin, TX |
| WPX Energy Permian, LLC | 13 | 13 | Eddy, NM |
| Permian Resources Operating LLC | 10 | 10 | Reeves, TX |
| Oxyrock Operating LLC | 10 | 10 | Martin, TX |
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 10 | 10 | Lea, NM |
| COG Operating LLC | 10 | 10 | Eddy, NM |
| EOG Resources Inc. | 9 | 9 | Webb, TX |
| OXY USA Inc | 8 | 8 | Lea, NM |
| Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | 8 | 8 | Loving, TX |
| Continental Resources Inc | 8 | 8 | Stephens, OK |
| Blackbeard Operating LLC | 7 | 7 | Crane, TX |
| Coterra Energy Operating Co. | 6 | 6 | Canadian, OK |
| Matador Production Company | 6 | 6 | Lea, NM |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Feb 17 to Feb 23, 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hominy Consulting, LLCPetrora groups this registration with 1 other under Hominy Consulting, LLC | Feb 21, 2025 | 1 | 5 | Wilson, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Feb 17 to Feb 23, 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Swan Opco LLC | Reagan, TXWells around it | 4 | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Mitsui E&P USA LLC | Leon, TXWells around it | 1 | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Blue Arrow Operating LLC | Ward, TXWells around it | 1 | Feb 20, 2025 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Feb 17 to Feb 23, 2025, by who they went from and to: 182 wells between 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tap Rock Operating, LLC | Jonah Energy LLC, NM | 170 | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | WPX Energy Permian, LLC, NM | 9 | Feb 22 to Feb 23, 2025 |
| BXP Operating, LLC | Kratos Operating, LLC, NM | 3 | Feb 17, 2025 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Feb 17 to Feb 23, 2025 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/2025-02-23, documented in the API reference.