AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 639 original drilling permits in November 2023. The total includes 588 to drill new oil or gas wells, five to re-enter plugged wellbores and 37 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in November 2023 is: 138 oil, 33 gas, 449 oil and gas, 8 injection, one service, and 10 other permits.
In November 2023, Commission staff processed 627 oil, 196 gas and 143 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions.
San Antonio area
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 62
- New oil completions: 57
- New gas completions: 37
Refugio area
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 33
- New oil completions: 31
- New gas completions: 29
Southeast Texas
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 20
- New oil completions: 11
- New gas completions: 4
Deep South Texas
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 9
- New oil completions: 1
- New gas completions: 6
East Central Texas
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 2
- New oil completions: 2
- New gas completions: 1
East Texas
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 28
- New oil completions: 3
- New gas completions: 35
West Central Texas
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 17
- New oil completions: 9
- New gas completions: 1
San Angelo Area
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 65
- New oil completions: 79
- New gas completions: 1
Midland
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 290
- New oil completions: 315
- New gas completions: 65
Lubbock area
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 32
- New oil completions: 11
- New gas completions: 0
North Texas
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 25
- New oil completions: 17
- New gas completions: 6
Panhandle
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 5
- New oil completions: 1
- New gas completions: 1
Total
- Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 588
- New oil completions: 537
- New gas completions: 186
