REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of May 12 to May 18, 2025
Texas
wells permitted · 113 in the week before +5%
42 operators · 93 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 16, 2025
New Mexico
wells permitted · 8 in the week before +763%
10 operators · 69 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 18, 2025
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 16 in the week before −12%
8 operators · 11 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 16, 2025
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to May 18, 2025, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved May 12 to May 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bce-Mach III LLCPetrora groups this registration with 2 others under Bce-Mach III LLC | May 13, 2025 | 4 | 10 | Gaines, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted May 12 to May 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Resources Inc | Bryan, OKWells around it | 1 | May 13, 2025 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed May 12 to May 18, 2025, by who they went from and to: 116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caza Operating, LLC | 3R Operating, LLC, NM | 103 | May 13, 2025 |
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | WPX Energy Permian, LLC, NM | 13 | May 14 to May 16, 2025 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted May 12 to May 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Murphy 10 SWD #142-109-34476Wells around it | Coterra Energy Operating Co.156 of 162 horizontal | Culberson, TX | May 14, 2025 | 4,500 ft | — |
| Lucky Debonair 16 SWD #142-109-34477Wells around it | Coterra Energy Operating Co.156 of 162 horizontal | Culberson, TX | May 14, 2025 | 4,500 ft | — |
| Spectacular Bid 22 SWD #142-109-34478Wells around it | Coterra Energy Operating Co.156 of 162 horizontal | Culberson, TX | May 14, 2025 | 4,500 ft | — |
| UL Acfd 4475 #142-383-42090Wells around it | Black Swan Opco LLC19 of 20 horizontal | Reagan, TX | May 14, 2025 | — | Oil |
| Citation 32 SWD #142-109-34475Wells around it | Coterra Energy Operating Co.156 of 162 horizontal | Culberson, TX | May 13, 2025 | 4,500 ft | — |
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/2025-05-18, documented in the API reference.