REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Jul 21 to Jul 27, 2025
Texas
wells permitted · 152 in the week before −3%
40 operators · 109 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Jul 25, 2025
New Mexico
wells permitted · 72 in the week before +43%
12 operators · 103 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Jul 26, 2025
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 10 in the week before +40%
10 operators · 5 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Jul 25, 2025
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Jul 27, 2025, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permian Resources Operating, LLC | 32 | 32 | Eddy, NM |
| EOG Resources Inc | 19 | 19 | Lea, NM |
| Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 17 | 17 | Karnes, TX |
| Eagle 5 Energy Services LLC | 16 | 0 | Zapata, TX |
| Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC | 16 | 16 | Loving, TX |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 16 | 16 | Martin, TX |
| Apache Corporation | 15 | 15 | Andrews, TX |
| Riley Permian Operating Company, LLC | 14 | 14 | Eddy, NM |
| OXY USA Inc | 11 | 11 | Eddy, NM |
| Mewbourne Oil Co | 8 | 8 | Lea, NM |
| COG Operating LLC | 8 | 8 | Martin, TX |
| Ovintiv USA Inc. | 7 | 7 | Midland, TX |
| Marathon Oil Permian LLC | 5 | 5 | Eddy, NM |
| Tap Rock Operating, LLC | 4 | 4 | Eddy, NM |
| Texland Petroleum L.P. | 4 | 0 | Hockley, TX |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Jul 21 to Jul 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle 5 Energy Services LLC | Jul 24, 2025 | 16 | 26 | TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Jul 21 to Jul 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suemaur Operating LLC | Bee, TXWells around it | 1 | Jul 24, 2025 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Jul 21 to Jul 27, 2025, by who they went from and to: 604 wells between 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Corporation | Hilcorp Energy Company, NM | 470 | Jul 22, 2025 |
| Apache Corporation | Permian Resources Operating, LLC, NM | 112 | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Robert H Forrest Jr Oil LLC | 3 Knight's LLC, NM | 8 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 3 Knights Operating LLC | 3 Knight's LLC, NM | 7 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| The Colborn Company, Inc. | NextGen Petroleum LLC, NM | 4 | Jul 23, 2025 |
| U.S. Energy Development Corporation | Sarvis Permian Land Fund I SC, LLC, NM | 1 | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Manzano LLC | Tascosa Energy Partners, L.L.C, NM | 1 | Jul 23, 2025 |
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | Novo Oil & Gas Northern Delaware, LLC, NM | 1 | Jul 23, 2025 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Jul 21 to Jul 27, 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/2025-07-27, documented in the API reference.