Proposed Rule Amendments: §§ 3.15 and 3.58

The proposed amendments to rules §§ 3.15 and 3.58, related to Senate Bill 1150 (89th Legislative Session, 2025), have been posted for public comment. Comments will be accepted until 5:00 pm on Friday, November 13, 2026. For more information, including an online comment form, please visit the RRC Proposed Rules page.

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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for October 2026

AUSTIN, Texas – The RRC issued a total of 816 original drilling permits in October 2026. The total includes 742 to drill new oil or gas wells, 12 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 60 for recompletion and 2 reclass.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in October 2026 is: 143 oil, 71 gas, 532 oil and gas, 39 injection, 9 service and 22 other permits.

In October 2026, Commission staff processed 869 oil, 359 gas and 68 injection 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/

OCTOBER 2026 TEXAS OIL AND GAS NEW DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RRC DISTRICT*

DISTRICT

PERMITS TO DRILL NEW OIL/GAS HOLES

NEW OIL COMPLETIONS

NEW GAS COMPLETIONS

(1) SAN ANTONIO AREA

67

52

39

(2) REFUGIO AREA

55

21

17

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

19

15

5

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

7

0

9

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

2

3

3

(6) EAST TEXAS

54

2

53

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

7

6

0

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

125

117

0

(8) MIDLAND

345

197

48

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

30

20

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

25

9

0

(10) PANHANDLE

6

6

4

TOTAL

742

448

178

*A district map is available on the RRC website at https://rrc.texas.gov/media/3bkhbut0/districts_color_8x11.pdf.


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