REPORTS · WEEKLY · UNITED STATES
US weekly report
Week of Oct 19 to Oct 25, 2026
Texas
wells permitted · 147 in the week before +46%
70 operators · 174 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Oct 23, 2026
New Mexico
wells permitted · 52 in the week before +23%
13 operators · 63 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Oct 23, 2026
Oklahoma
wells permitted · 24 in the week before +8%
13 operators · 2 horizontal
Latest approval on file: Oct 23, 2026
Wells permitted by week
The twelve weeks to Oct 25, 2026, each labeled by the Sunday it ends on.
Operators with the most wells permitted
| Operator | Wells | Horizontal | Mostly in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 15 | 15 | Karnes, TX |
| Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 12 | 12 | Upton, TX |
| Diamondback E&P LLC | 11 | 11 | Martin, TX |
| Ovintiv USA Inc. | 11 | 11 | Midland, TX |
| Oxyrock Operating, LLC | 10 | 10 | Howard, TX |
| Devon Energy Production Company, LP | 10 | 10 | Eddy, NM |
| WPX Energy Permian, LLC | 10 | 9 | Loving, TX |
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 9 | 9 | Gonzales, TX |
| Chevron U S A Inc | 9 | 9 | Lea, NM |
| Circle-S Energy, LLC | 8 | 8 | Loving, TX |
| NSP Resources, LLC | 7 | 7 | Eddy, NM |
| Mewbourne Oil Company | 7 | 7 | Upton, TX |
| Civitas Permian Operating, LLC | 6 | 6 | Upton, TX |
| Enduring Resources, LLC | 6 | 6 | Rio Arriba, NM |
| EOG Resources Inc | 6 | 6 | Lea, NM |
Counties with the most wells permitted
Operators filing a first permit
Operator registrations whose first permit on file was approved Oct 19 to Oct 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington SWD LP | Oct 22, 2026 | 1 | 7 | Culberson, TX |
Operators new to a county
An operator's first well in a county: wells permitted Oct 19 to Oct 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPX Energy Permian LLC | Dickens, TXWells around it | 1 | Oct 20, 2026 |
Wells that changed operator
Wells whose operator of record changed Oct 19 to Oct 25, 2026, by who they went from and to: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarco Energy, LC | 7Rivers Energy, LLC, NM | 4 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| 3R Operating, LLC | Matador Production Company, NM | 2 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| RAYBAW Operating, LLC | Marathon Oil Permian LLC, NM | 1 | Oct 19, 2026 |
Vertical wells from operators drilling horizontals
Vertical wells permitted Oct 19 to Oct 25, 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/reports/weekly/2026-10-25, documented in the API reference.