Texas weekly report
Week of Aug 25 to Aug 31, 2025
Texas
wells permitted · 114 in the week before +27%
53 operators · 113 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Aug 29, 2025
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Aug 31, 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 Aug 25 to Aug 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Operating Partners LLC | Aug 26, 2025 | 2 | 4 | Concho |
| Saltwerx LLC | Aug 29, 2025 | 1 | 4 | — |
| North Fork Operating LPPetrora groups this registration with 1 other under North Fork Operating, LP | Aug 28, 2025 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Walbet, Inc.Petrora groups this registration with 1 other under Walbet, Inc. | Aug 27, 2025 | 1 | 1 | — |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Aug 25 to Aug 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Transfer Company | FranklinWells around it | 1 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Bollinger Drilling Co. | ZavalaWells around it | 1 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Paloma Operating, LLC | San PatricioWells around it | 1 | Aug 25, 2025 |
| Mud Creek Operating, LLC | ScurryWells around it | 1 | Aug 25, 2025 |
Wells that changed operator
Operator history is not available for Texas.
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Aug 25 to Aug 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Maverick 19-15 #142-301-37539Wells around it | Pdeh LLC43 of 45 horizontal | Loving | Aug 28, 2025 | 9,000 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/2025-08-31?state=tx, documented in the API reference.