Texas regulator issued 700 original oil, gas drilling permits in October 2023

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 700 original drilling permits in October 2023. The total includes 630 to drill new oil or gas wells, 7 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 50 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in October 2023 is:  127 oil, 49 gas, 482 oil and gas, 32 injection, four service, and six other permits.

In October 2023, Commission staff processed 761 oil, 185 gas and 163 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions.

Table 1 – October 2023 texas oil and gas new drilling permits and completions by Railroad Commission of Texas district

• San Antonio area
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 82
  • New oil completions: 114
  • New gas completions: 23
• Refugio area
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 34
  • New oil completions: 41
  • New gas completions: 25
• Southeast Texas
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 19
  • New oil completions: 14
  • New gas completions: 4
• Deep South Texas
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 7
  • New oil completions: 2
  • New gas completions: 5
• East Central Texas
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 2
  • New oil completions: 2
  • New gas completions: 6
• East Texas
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 17
  • New oil completions: 5
  • New gas completions: 15
• West Central Texas
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 15
  • New oil completions: 7
  • New gas completions: 0
    
    
• San Angelo area
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 51
  • New oil completions: 50
  • New gas completions: 0
     
• Midland
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 352
  • New oil completions: 387
  • New gas completions: 83
• Lubbock area
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 12
  • New oil completions: 23
  • New gas completions: 0
• NORTH TEXAS
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 36
  • New oil completions: 20
  • New gas completions: 15 
• PANHANDLE
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 2
  • New oil completions: 6
  • New gas completions: 2
• TOTAL
  • Permits to drill new oil/gas holes: 630
  • New oil completions: 671
  • New gas completions: 178