REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of May 18 to May 24, 2026
Texas
wells permitted · 180 in the week before +9%
63 operators · 156 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 22, 2026
New Mexico
wells permitted · 34 in the week before +103%
12 operators · 69 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 22, 2026
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 21 in the week before −14%
10 operators
Latest approval on file: May 21, 2026
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to May 24, 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 May 18 to May 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxum Opco, LLC | May 18, 2026 | 4 | 8 | Upton, TX |
| Yost Exploration and Production | May 22, 2026 | 2 | 2 | Motley, TX |
| Arenos Energy | May 20, 2026 | 1 | 16 | Nacogdoches, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted May 18 to May 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Energy LLC | Loving, TX | 7 | May 19, 2026 |
| WWM Operating, LLC | Cameron, TX | 1 | May 22, 2026 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed May 18 to May 24, 2026, by who they went from and to: 864 wells between 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapiti Operating, LLC | High River Resources Operating, LLC, NM | 850 | May 18 to May 19, 2026 |
| BXP Operating, LLC | Coterra Energy Operating Co., NM | 11 | May 21, 2026 |
| Alpha Energy Partners LLC | Paloma Permian AssetCo, LLC, NM | 1 | May 21, 2026 |
| Mulloy Operating, Inc. | Sarvis Permian Land Fund I SC, LLC, NM | 1 | May 21, 2026 |
| DGP Energy, LLC | PBEX Operations, LLC, NM | 1 | May 19, 2026 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted May 18 to May 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Something Else 575 #1W42-501-37703 | Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC31 of 33 horizontal | Yoakum, TX | May 19, 2026 | 12,200 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/2026-05-24, documented in the API reference.