The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 867 original drilling permits in August 2022 compared to 687 inAugust 2021. The August 2022 total includes 788 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 12 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 60 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
The breakdown of well types for original drilling permits in August 2022 is 194 oil, 88 gas, 556 oil or ...