Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for December 2023
January 04, 2024The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 669 original drilling permits in December 2023. The total includes 621 to drill new oil or gas wells, 14 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 33 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in December2023 is: 120 oil, 38 gas, 475 oil and gas, 25 injection, two service, and nine other permits.
In December 2023, Commission staff processed 506 oil, 129 gas and 77 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:
TABLE 1 – December 2023 TEXAS OIL AND GAS NEW DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS DISTRICT*
|
DISTRICT |
PERMITS TO DRILL |
NEW OIL COMPLETIONS |
NEW GAS COMPLETIONS |
|
(1) SAN ANTONIO AREA |
77 |
93 |
30 |
|
(2) REFUGIO AREA |
56 |
34 |
13 |
|
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS |
6 |
16 |
5 |
|
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS |
12 |
0 |
1 |
|
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
(6) EAST TEXAS |
26 |
15 |
27 |
|
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX |
11 |
9 |
0 |
|
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA |
63 |
66 |
0 |
|
(8) MIDLAND |
305 |
169 |
33 |
|
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA |
30 |
15 |
0 |
|
(9) NORTH TEXAS |
31 |
12 |
7 |
|
(10) PANHANDLE |
3 |
2 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
621 |
435 |
117 |
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