REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES

US weekly report

Week of Aug 4 to Aug 10, 2025

  • Texas

    129

    wells permitted · 133 in the week before −3%

    49 operators · 95 horizontal

    Latest approval on file: Aug 8, 2025

  • New Mexico

    41

    wells permitted · 49 in the week before −16%

    9 operators · 40 horizontal

    Latest approval on file: Aug 8, 2025

  • Oklahoma

    12

    wells permitted · 14 in the week before −14%

    6 operators · 1 horizontal

    Latest approval on file: Aug 7, 2025

Wells permitted by week

The twelve weeks to Aug 10, 2025, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.

Operators filing a first permit

Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Aug 4 to Aug 10, 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.

OperatorFirst permitWells permittedPermits on fileMostly in
Adamas Energy LLCAug 4, 2025367San Augustine, TX
Buckhorn Operating LLCAug 7, 2025215Rusk, TX
Beard Oil Company, LLCAug 8, 202511TX

Operators new to a county

An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Aug 4 to Aug 10, 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.

Wells that changed operator

Wells whose operator of record changed Aug 4 to Aug 10, 2025, by who they went from and to: 1 well between 1 pair 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.

Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals

Vertical wells permitted Aug 4 to Aug 10, 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.

WellOperatorCountyApprovedTarget depthType
University Maverick 19-18 #142-301-37504Wells around itPdeh LLC55 of 56 horizontalLoving, TXAug 8, 20259,000 ft—
Mutt Cutts State Com #00130-015-57089Wells around it3R Operating, LLC9 of 10 horizontalEddy, NMAug 4, 202510,800 ftGas

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/2025-08-10, documented in the API reference.