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Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for July 2025

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 674 original drilling permits in July 2025. The total includes 580 to drill new oil or gas wells, 3 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 2 field transfers, 88 for re-completion, and 1 reclass.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in July 2025 is: 115 oil, 46 gas, 476 oil and gas, 22 injection, 1 service and 14 other permits.

In July 2025, Commission staff processed 1,280 oil, 241 gas, and 189 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/

JULY 2025 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

64

61

18

(2) REFUGIO AREA

44

69

26

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

8

6

0

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

26

2

6

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

4

3

2

(6) EAST TEXAS

31

1

8

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

11

6

0

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

64

155

0

(8) MIDLAND

284

419

79

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

19

10

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

24

17

3

(10) PANHANDLE

1

4

2

TOTAL

580

753

144

 *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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