Texas Drilling Permit and Completion Statistics for January 2024

February 05, 2024

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 799 original drilling permits in January 2024. The total includes 748 to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 39 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in January 2024 is: 135 oil, 36 gas, 558 oil and gas, 49 injection, and 21 other permits.

In January 2024, Commission staff processed 770 oil, 216 gas and 319 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 – January 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

95

86

34

(2) REFUGIO AREA

55

50

25

(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS

6

19

14

(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

15

2

6

(5) EAST CENTRAL TX

9

2

0

(6) EAST TEXAS

26

8

24

(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX

14

14

0

(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA

103

98

0

(8) MIDLAND

381

363

82

(8A) LUBBOCK AREA

18

14

0

(9) NORTH TEXAS

19

30

5

(10) PANHANDLE

7

1

2

TOTAL

748

687

192

 

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