drilling permits

Lower 48 oil and gas permitting activity surged in March, driven by plays including the Permian and Powder River basins, and the Eagle Ford Shale. Regulators issued 4,439 onshore drilling permits during March, up 52% month/month and 35% year/year, according to the latest tally by Evercore ISI. The natural gas-rich Utica Shale was the only…

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) reported the number of permits issued in June to drill wells in its East Texas District, which includes part of the gassy Haynesville Shale, jumped 200% year/year. RRC issued 42 permits to drill oil and gas wells in the East Texas area, aka District 6, compared with 14 permits…

Denver-based independent PDC Energy Inc. has secured approval for its Kenosha Oil and Gas Development Plan (OGDP) in rural Weld County, CO. The OGDP entails 69 wells on three pads, management said. The approval by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission “marks an important next step as PDC further increases its permitted inventory by another…

Lower 48 oil and natural gas permitting activity has picked up since the beginning of the year, climbing by 9% through February from a year ago, according to Evercore ISI. There were 188 more permits issued in February month/month (m/m). However, permitting was still down by half from February 2019, on the cusp of the…