The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 646 original drilling permits in October 2024. The total includes 589 to drill new oil or gas wells, 5 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 1 field transfers, 48 for re-completions, and 2 reclass of existing wellbores. The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in October 2024 is: 139 oil, 34 gas, 415 oil and gas, 38 injection, 3 service and 16 other permits.
In October 2024, Commission staff processed 1,109 oil, 193 gas, and 873 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions.
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