Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for November 2021
December 10, 2021AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 842 original drilling permits in November 2021 compared to 382 in November 2020. The November 2021 total includes 738 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, nine to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 90 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
The breakdown of well types for original drilling permits in November 2021 is 202 oil, 121 gas, 479 oil or gas, 34 injection, and six other permits.
In November 2021, Commission staff processed 541 oil, 122 gas and 53 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions, compared to 537 oil, 98 gas, and 127 injection completions in November 2020.
Total well completions processed for 2021 year-to-date for new drills, re-entries and re-completions are 8,483 compared to 13,573 recorded during the same period in 2020.
Detailed data on drilling permits and well completions for the month can be found at this link:
TABLE 1 – NOVEMBER 2021 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 |
85 |
83 |
10 |
|
(2) REFUGIO AREA |
46 |
50 |
21 |
|
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS |
18 |
8 |
8 |
|
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS |
15 |
3 |
3 |
|
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX |
5 |
0 |
1 |
|
(6) EAST TEXAS |
25 |
3 |
14 |
|
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX |
13 |
4 |
0 |
|
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA |
69 |
54 |
0 |
|
(8) MIDLAND |
379 |
246 |
34 |
|
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA |
26 |
21 |
0 |
|
(9) NORTH TEXAS |
41 |
16 |
11 |
|
(10) PANHANDLE |
16 |
1 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
738 |
489 |
105 |
*A district map is available on the Railroad Commission of Texas website at https://rrc.texas.gov/media/3bkhbut0/districts_color_8x11.pdf.
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