Important Messages:

Texas.Gov Payments General Maintenance

Notice to Operators: RRC Online Payments will be intermittently unavailable October 29, 2026, from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM CT. During this time, customers using RRC applications will be unable to process online payments through Texas.gov payment services and will be redirected to a maintenance page and unable to complete payments until after the maintenance is complete.

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.

Monthly Drilling, Completion and Plugging Summaries

This compilation includes data regarding the processing of drilling permit applications, completion reports and plugging reports. The data are extracted by automated systems that monitor the processing of those reports.

Note that the completion and plugging figures do not reflect counts of wells completed or plugged during the reporting month, but are counts of reports processed in those areas.

The RRC provides these reports each month as they become available. All current reports are in PDF format.