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Texas drilling permits and completions statistics for August 2016

Texas rig count Sept. 9 was 245, 48% of all active rigs in the US

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 660 original drilling permits in Aug. compared to 864 in Aug. 2015.

The August total included 512 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, eight to re-enter plugged well bores and 140 for re-completions of existing well bores.

The breakdown of well types for those permits issued Aug. included 203 oil, 24 gas, 392 oil or gas, 26 injection, zero service and 15 other permits.

In Aug., Commission staff processed 545 oil, 223 gas, 46 injection and eight other completions compared to 1,113 oil, 172 gas, 36 injection and 11 other completions in Aug. 2015.

Total well completions for 2016 year to date are 8,107 down from 14,665 recorded during the same period in 2015.

According to Baker Hughes Inc., the Texas rig count as of Sept. 9 was 245, representing about 48 per cent of all active rigs in the United States.

TABLE 1 – AUGUST 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 70 81 42
(2) REFUGIO AREA 19 42 62
(3) SOUTHEAST TEXAS 29 49 44
(4) DEEP SOUTH TEXAS 22 1 6
(5) EAST CENTRAL TX 11 15 1
(6) EAST TEXAS 29 5 8
(7B) WEST CENTRAL TX 30 13 1
(7C) SAN ANGELO AREA 47 30 0
(8) MIDLAND 275 226 18
(8A) LUBBOCK AREA 74 55 0
(9) NORTH TEXAS 22 21 9
(10) PANHANDLE 32 7 32
TOTAL 660 545 223
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