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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for April 2024

May 03, 2024

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 814 original drilling permits in April 2024. The total includes 730 to drill new oil or gas wells, 13 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 64 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in April 2024 is: 196 oil, 38 gas, 510 oil and gas, 46 injection, two service and 22 other permits.

In April 2024, Commission staff processed 966 oil, 231 gas and 354 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 – April 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

111

105

28

(2) REFUGIO AREA

50

 54

36

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

11

17

2

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

5

0

1

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

3

2

0

(6) EAST TEXAS

22

7

41

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

16

8

0

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

57

136

0

(8) MIDLAND

387

497

102

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

24

17

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

36

19

5

(10) PANHANDLE

8

1

4

TOTAL

730

863

219

 

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