Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for December 2021
January 13, 2022AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 842 original drilling permits in December 2021 compared to 468 in December 2020. The December 2021 total includes 756 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, six to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 77 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
The breakdown of well types for original drilling permits in December 2021 is 179 oil, 65 gas, 552 oil or gas, 38 injection, and eight other permits.
In December 2021, Commission staff processed 605 oil, 99 gas and 211 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions, compared to 493 oil, 77 gas, and 116 injection completions in December 2020.
Total well completions processed for 2021 year-to-date for new drills, re-entries and re-completions are 9,269 compared to 14,140 recorded during the same period in 2020.
Detailed data on drilling permits and well completions for the month can be found at this link:
TABLE 1 – DECEMBER 2021 TEXAS OIL AND GAS NEW DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS DISTRICT*
|
DISTRICT |
PERMITS TO DRILL NEW OIL/GAS HOLES |
NEW OIL COMPLETIONS |
NEW GAS COMPLETIONS |
|
(1) SAN ANTONIO AREA |
84 |
29 |
14 |
|
(2) REFUGIO AREA |
54 |
35 |
3 |
|
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS |
14 |
8 |
2 |
|
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS |
13 |
1 |
8 |
|
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
(6) EAST TEXAS |
31 |
3 |
5 |
|
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX |
11 |
6 |
0 |
|
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA |
54 |
68 |
1 |
|
(8) MIDLAND |
416 |
330 |
31 |
|
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA |
16 |
14 |
0 |
|
(9) NORTH TEXAS |
52 |
10 |
4 |
|
(10) PANHANDLE |
8 |
7 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
756 |
512 |
71 |
*A district map is available on the Railroad Commission of Texas website at https://rrc.texas.gov/media/3bkhbut0/districts_color_8x11.pdf.
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