REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Apr 13 to Apr 19, 2026
Texas
wells permitted · 198 in the week before −33%
52 operators · 92 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Apr 17, 2026
New Mexico
wells permitted · 38 in the week before +26%
9 operators · 48 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Apr 17, 2026
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 16 in the week before +25%
13 operators · 1 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Apr 17, 2026
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Apr 19, 2026, 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 Apr 13 to Apr 19, 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R & R Oil & Gas, LLC | Apr 16, 2026 | 1 | 1 | Throckmorton, TX |
| Sandpoint Texas LLC | Apr 16, 2026 | 1 | 1 | Galveston, TX |
| Gulf Resource Recovery Corp. | Apr 15, 2026 | 1 | 1 | Chambers, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Apr 13 to Apr 19, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips 66 Company | Ector, TXWells around it | 1 | Apr 15, 2026 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Apr 13 to Apr 19, 2026, by who they went from and to: 13 wells between 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lario Oil & Gas Co | Avant Operating II, LLC, NM | 7 | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Novo II Operating, LLC | PBEX Operations, LLC, NM | 5 | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Roddy Production Co Inc | Hilcorp Energy Company, NM | 1 | Apr 15, 2026 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Apr 13 to Apr 19, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britain #342-097-34861Wells around it | EOG Resources, Inc.212 of 215 horizontal | Cooke, TX | Apr 16, 2026 | 7,000 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/2026-04-19, documented in the API reference.