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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for February 2024

March 06, 2024

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 722 original drilling permits in February 2024. The total includes 652 to drill new oil or gas wells, 15 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 52 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in February 2024 is: 154 oil, 42 gas, 463 oil and gas, 45 injection, and 18 other permits.

In February 2024, Commission staff processed 667 oil, 151 gas and 317 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions.

 

Detailed data on drilling permits and well completions for the month can be found at this link:

https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/research-and-statistics/drilling-information/monthly-drilling-completion-and-plugging-summaries/

 

TABLE 1 – February 2024 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

98

83

20

(2) REFUGIO AREA

88

30

21

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

12

3

4

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

12

2

7

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

0

1

0

(6) EAST TEXAS

21

9

11

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

12

7

0

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

42

77

0

(8) MIDLAND

323

355

68

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

21

14

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

19

21

4

(10) PANHANDLE

4

4

4

TOTAL

652

606

139

 

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