REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Dec 15 to Dec 21, 2025
Texas
wells permitted · 119 in the week before +29%
56 operators · 122 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Dec 19, 2025
New Mexico
wells permitted · 82 in the week before +62%
15 operators · 133 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Dec 19, 2025
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 16 in the week before +25%
15 operators · 1 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Dec 19, 2025
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Dec 21, 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 Dec 15 to Dec 21, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Calk Operating, LLC | Dec 15, 2025 | 3 | 7 | Bexar, TX |
| De V Operating, LLC | Dec 19, 2025 | 2 | 33 | Glasscock, TX |
| Revenant Energy Operating LLC | Dec 18, 2025 | 2 | 12 | Nacogdoches, TX |
| North Texas Carbon, LLC | Dec 16, 2025 | 1 | 5 | Deaf Smith, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Dec 15 to Dec 21, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champlin Petroleum Co. | Howard, TXWells around it | 1 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Tall City Brine LLC | Yoakum, TXWells around it | 1 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Tanos Exploration IV LLC | Panola, TXWells around it | 1 | Dec 16, 2025 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Dec 15 to Dec 21, 2025, by who they went from and to: 295 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avant Operating, LLC | Coterra Energy Operating Co., NM | 294 | Dec 17 to Dec 18, 2025 |
| T2 Operating Corporation | Red Rock Resources Corporation, NM | 1 | Dec 19, 2025 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Dec 15 to Dec 21, 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/2025-12-21, documented in the API reference.