Texas drilling permits and completions statistics for Feb. 2016
Texas rig count as of March 4 was 227, representing about 46% of all active rigs in the US
The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 573 original drilling permits in Feb. 2016 compared to 924 in Feb. 2015.
The Feb. total included 455 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 19 to re-enter plugged well bores and 99 for re-completions of existing well bores.
The breakdown of well types for those permits issued Feb. 2016 included 159 oil, 28 gas, 352 oil or gas, 26 injection, five service and three other permits.
In Feb. 2016, commission staff processed 822 oil, 186 gas, 57 injection and one other completions compared to 1,521 oil, 210 gas, 245 injection and three other completions in Feb. 2015.
Total well completions for 2016 year to date are 2,270 down from 3,979 recorded during the same period in 2015.
According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig count as of March 4 was 227, representing about 46 percent of all active rigs in the United States.
TABLE 1 – FEBRUARY 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 | 64 | 118 | 37 |
| (2) REFUGIO AREA | 80 | 132 | 21 |
| (3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS | 24 | 42 | 25 |
| (4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| (5) EAST CENTRAL TX | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| (6) EAST TEXAS | 19 | 14 | 13 |
| (7B) WEST CENTRAL TX | 26 | 22 | 5 |
| (7C) SAN ANGELO AREA | 58 | 28 | 0 |
| (8) MIDLAND | 215 | 336 | 29 |
| (8A) LUBBOCK AREA | 41 | 50 | 0 |
| (9) NORTH TEXAS | 25 | 71 | 24 |
| (10) PANHANDLE | 12 | 2 | 18 |
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