Texas county activity

Midland County, Texas drilling permits and activity

Week of Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026.

1 permit filed, 10 permits issued, 4 amendments applied for, 4 permits amended, 44 completions reported.

Some of this week's nightly runs did not complete, so this may be incomplete.

Most active operators

1. PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. 20 permits and completions
2. APACHE CORPORATION 17 permits and completions
3. CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. 8 permits and completions
4. DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC 7 permits and completions
5. CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. 5 permits and completions

Notable filings

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  BRUNSON "E" #1

  Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. API 42-329-32206

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  BUCHANAN-KING 19E #5H

  Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. API 42-329-48438

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  BUCHANAN-KING 1A #1H

  Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. API 42-329-48267

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  BUSBY #11HS

  Operator: APACHE CORPORATION API 42-329-47597

• A drilling permit was issued Oct 9

  DONALD L HUTT FEE 45B #102H

  Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. Permit 918229

• A drilling permit was issued Oct 9

  DONALD L HUTT FEE 45D #104H

  Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. Permit 918227

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  LHN TOMAHAWK 37-25 E #1021LS

  Operator: CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. API 42-329-48056

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  LHN TOMAHAWK 37-25 E #1022WB

  Operator: CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. API 42-329-48057

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  MUSIC #1

  Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. API 42-329-31015

• A well completion was reported Oct 9

  REBECCA SL #3721JM

  Operator: CRESCENT ENERGY OPERATING, LLC API 42-329-41601

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Recent activity

Over the 4 weeks from Sep 14 to Oct 11, 2026: 26 permits filed, 20 permits issued, 18 amendments applied for, 10 permits amended, 169 completions reported, 28 operator changes. Some weeks in that span could not be confirmed.

Operator changes and production postings come from monthly RRC records, so what they report can be weeks or months old.

Recent weeks

• Week of Oct 5 to Oct 11, 2026 (shown above)
• Week of Sep 28 to Oct 4, 2026
• Week of Sep 21 to Sep 27, 2026
• Week of Sep 14 to Sep 20, 2026

Every week on record for Midland County

Busiest Texas counties this week

1. Upton County 85 permits and completions
2. Martin County 62 permits and completions
3. Crane County 49 permits and completions
4. DeWitt County 47 permits and completions
5. Loving County 45 permits and completions

Counts and filings come from the Texas Railroad Commission's public records for the week shown and are summarized the same way as the NetAcre™ Monday county digest. How these pages are made.