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The Drilling Report July 4-10, 2019: RRC

July 15, 2019

Permit applications approved by the Texas Railroad Commission for July 4 through July 10 for Districts 7C, 8 and 8A. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of permits approved for that leasehold.

  • APC Water Holdings 1, LLC, APC 55-1-41, Loving, new drill (3).
  • APR Operating, LLC, Cosmo Daltex Unit 45-4, Culberson, new drill.
  • Basa Resources, Inc., Foster, Mary, Mitchell, recompletion.
  • BHP Billiton Petroleum (TX Gath.), LLC, Waterfall 56-T2-17 SWD, Reeves, new drill.
  • Birch Operations, Inc., Mike The Tiger 18-7 A, Howard, new drill (3); Mike The Tiger 18-7 B, Howard, new drill; Mike The Tiger 18-7 C, Howard, new drill (2); Mike The Tiger 18-7 D, Howard, new drill; Captain Cane 18-30 E, Howard, new drill.

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Texas Leads the Charge: Alex Mills

By Alex Mills

Texas is leading the charge in making America more energy secure, according to new study released this month.

“The United States is now producing more oil and natural gas than any country in the world, and American oil and natural gas production volumes are at record highs,” the study published by Texans for Natural Gas said.

“The United States is poised to export more energy than it imports for the first time since the 1950s; during the past decade the U.S. energy trade deficit fell by $363 billion, while the non-energy trade deficit rose by $343 billion,” the study said.

Texas is the leading producer of oil and natural gas, accounting for 40 percent of U.S. oil production and 25 percent of the nation’s natural gas production.

The Permian Basin, the largest oil producing region, recently surpassed Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar as world’s top producing oilfield. The Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas is the second highest producing oilfield in the U.S.

The report also said Laredo surpassed Los Angeles as the nation’s top trade port in March, and the Houston-Galveston Port District became a net export of crude oil and petroleum production last year….
 

Texas Drilling Permits and Completions Statistics for June 2019

June 10, 2019

AUSTIN –– The Railroad Commission of Texas (Commission) issued a total of 1,001 original drilling permits in June 2019 compared 1,230 in June 2018. The June 2019 total included 905 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged well bores and 86 for re-completions of existing well bores. The breakdown of well types for those permits is 240 oil, 69 gas, 613 oil or gas, 74 injection, zero service and five other permits.

In June 2019, Commission staff processed 632 oil, 182 gas, 61 injection and two other completions compared to 914 oil, 158 gas, 48 injection and four other completions in June 2018. Total well completions processed for 2019 year to date are 5,050; down from 5,574 recorded during the same time period in 2018. …