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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for October 2024

November 07, 2024

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 646 original drilling permits in October 2024. The total includes 589 to drill new oil or gas wells, 5 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 1 field transfers, 48 for re-completions, and 2 reclass of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in October 2024 is: 139 oil, 34 gas, 415 oil and gas, 38 injection, 3 service and 16 other permits.

In October 2024, Commission staff processed 1,109 oil, 193 gas, and 873 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 – October 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

48

87

18

(2) REFUGIO AREA

55

38

28

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

15

17

4

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

6

3

 6

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

2

4

1

(6) EAST TEXAS

32

7

14

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

16

11

1

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

43

144

0

(8) MIDLAND

312

562

103

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

29

23

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

28

46

8

(10) PANHANDLE

3

2

2

TOTAL

589

944

185

 

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