US weekly report

Week of May 25 to May 31, 2026

State

Texas
150
wells permitted · 196 in the week before −23%
45 operators · 116 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 29, 2026
New Mexico
40
wells permitted · 69 in the week before −42%
5 operators · 40 horizontal
Latest approval on file: May 29, 2026
Oklahoma
26
wells permitted · 18 in the week before +44%
16 operators
Latest approval on file: May 29, 2026

Wells permitted by week

The twelve weeks to May 31, 2026, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.

Operators with the most wells permitted

Operator	Wells	Horizontal	Mostly in
Earthstone Operating, LLC	17	17	Lea, NM
OXY USA Inc.	17	7	Gaines, TX
Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	17	17	Midland, TX
EOG Resources Inc	13	13	Lea, NM
Apache Corporation	11	11	Upton, TX
Permian Deep Rock Oil Co., LLC	9	9	Midland, TX
Mewbourne Oil Co	7	7	Eddy, NM
Oxyrock Operating, LLC	6	6	Howard, TX
Validus Energy II Midcon LLC	6	0	Blaine, OK
De Central Operating, LLC	5	5	Reagan, TX
Crescent Energy Operating, LLC	5	5	Webb, TX
BTA Oil Producers, LLC	5	5	Loving, TX
Permian Resources Operating, LLC	4	4	Irion, TX
TGNR East Texas II LLC	4	4	Harrison, TX
Devon Energy Production Company LP	4	0	Canadian, OK

Counties with the most wells permitted

County	Wells	Horizontal	Operators
Lea, NM	32	32	3
Midland, TX	21	21	5
Gaines, TX	10	0	1
Upton, TX	10	10	1
Eddy, NM	8	8	3
Howard, TX	8	8	2
Martin, TX	8	8	3
Reagan, TX	8	8	2
Webb, TX	8	8	2
Glasscock, TX	7	7	1
Blaine, OK	5	0	1
Canadian, OK	5	0	2
Loving, TX	5	5	1
De Witt, TX	4	4	1
Harrison, TX	4	4	1

Operators filing a first permit

Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved May 25 to May 31, 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
No registration filed its first permit in this period.

Operators new to a county

An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted May 25 to May 31, 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
Viper S.W.D. LLC	Goliad, TXWells around it	1	May 29, 2026
JLW Operations LLC	Jack, TX	1	May 27, 2026
Tamworth Resources LLC	Caddo, OKWells around it	1	May 26, 2026

Wells that changed operator

Wells whose operator of record changed May 25 to May 31, 2026, by who they went from and to: 5 wells 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.

From	To	Wells	Effective
Sarvis Permian Land Fund I SC, LLC	Soxgi LLC, NM	5	May 26, 2026

Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals

Vertical wells permitted May 25 to May 31, 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
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.

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