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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for September 2024

October 11, 2024

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 626 original drilling permits in September 2024. The total includes 580 to drill new oil or gas wells, 6 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 9 field transfers, 27 for re-completions, and 4 reclass of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in September 2024 is: 116 oil, 29 gas, 445 oil and gas, 29 injection, 1 service and 6 other permits.

In September 2024, Commission staff processed 942 oil, 224 gas, and 422 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 – September2024 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

75

105

40

(2) REFUGIO AREA

36

37

29

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

9

15

4

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

4

1

13

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

7

3

2

(6) EAST TEXAS

13

7

28

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

8

12

1

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

78

122

0

(8) MIDLAND

288

505

86

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

32

28

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

24

9

10

(10) PANHANDLE

6

4

0

TOTAL

580

848

213

 

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