The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 855 original
drilling permits in October 2016 compared to 822 in October 2015. The October total
included 679 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged well bores
and 166 for re-completions of existing well bores. The breakdown of well types for those
permits issued October 2016 included 211 oil, 45 gas, 562 oil or gas, 26 injection, zero
service and 11 other permits.
In October 2016, Commission staff processed 445 oil, 203 gas, 20 injection and zero other
completions compared to 1,138 oil, 196 gas, 53 injection and nine other completions in
October 2015. Total well completions for 2016 year to date are 9,405 down from 17,545
recorded during the same period in 2015.
According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig count as of November 4 was 262, representing
about 46 percent of all active rigs in the United States.
For additional drilling permit and completion statistics, visit the Commission’s
website at
http://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-gas/research-and-statistics/well-information/
under "Monthly Drilling, Completion and Plugging Summaries".
TABLE 1 - OCTOBER 2016 TEXAS OIL AND GAS DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RAILROAD
COMMISSION OF TEXAS DISTRICT*
DISTRICT PERMITS TO DRILL
OIL/GAS HOLES OIL COMPLETIONS GAS COMPLETIONS
(1) SAN ANTONIO AREA 70 107 96
(2) REFUGIO AREA 67 39 18
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS 33 10 34
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS 24 2 13
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX 11 4 0
(6) EAST TEXAS 22 0 8
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX 22 15 4
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA 76 53 0
(8) MIDLAND 359 163 6
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA 124 27 2
(9) NORTH TEXAS 27 23 5
(10) PANHANDLE 20 2 17
TOTAL 855 445 203
*A district map is available on the Railroad Commission of Texas website at
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