Texas drilling permits and completions statistics for December 2018
AUSTIN, Texas — The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 811 original drilling permits in December 2018 compared to 885 in December 2017.
The December 2018 total included 750 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged well bores and 51 for re-completions of existing well bores. The breakdown of well types for those permits is 180 oil, 43 gas, 537 oil or gas, 46 injection, one service and four other permits.
In December 2018, Commission staff processed 564 oil, 156 gas, 27 injection and three other completions compared to 514 oil, 80 gas, 26 injection and three other completions in December 2017. Total well completions processed for 2018 are 10,986; up from 6,914 recorded in 2017.
According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig count as of January 4 was 534, representing about 50 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/monthly-drilling-completion-and-plugging-summaries/.
TABLE 1 – DECEMBER 2018 TEXAS OIL AND GAS DRILLING PERMITS AND COMPLETIONS BY RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS DISTRICT*
*A district map is available on the Railroad Commission of Texas website at http://www.rrc.texas.gov/media/21430/districts_color_8x11.pdf.
DISTRICT
PERMITS TO DRILL OIL/GAS HOLES
NEW OIL COMPLETIONS
NEW GAS COMPLETIONS
(1) SAN ANTONIO AREA
134
118
28
(2) REFUGIO AREA
78
39
14
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS
26
17
10
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
11
6
8
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX
10
4
1
(6) EAST TEXAS
20
3
19
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX
23
8
1
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA
67
25
0
(8) MIDLAND
374
281
57
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA
34
37
0
(9) NORTH TEXAS
26
15
10
(10) PANHANDLE
8
11
8
TOTAL
811
564
156
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