Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for May 2024

June 04, 2024

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 826 original drilling permits in May 2024. The total includes 759 to drill new oil or gas wells, 12 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 52 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in May 2024 is: 180 oil, 41 gas, 573 oil and gas, 24 injection, and 8 other permits.

In May 2024, Commission staff processed 639 oil, 262 gas and 274 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 – May 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

61

33

32

(2) REFUGIO AREA

56

33

27

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

13

3

6

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

8

7

12

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

6

5

6

(6) EAST TEXAS

23

5

59

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

14

5

0

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

105

80

0

(8) MIDLAND

418

357

83

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

24

23

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

29

13

15

(10) PANHANDLE

2

4

8

TOTAL

759

568

248

 

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