Permian Basin Formation

The Permian Basin formation in TX currently has 59,558 wells from 5,850 active operators on file. 396 permits have been filed for new Permian Basin wells in the last 24 months.

Total Wells

59,558

Active Operators

5,850

Permits (24mo)

396

Total Lateral (ft)

11,266,539

Primary counties: ECTOR (TX), ANDREWS (TX), JONES (TX), HOWARD (TX), RUNNELS (TX)

Top Operators in Permian Basin

Rank	Operator	Wells
1	Oxy	4,628
2	Hilcorp Energy Company	2,001
3	Kinder Morgan Production	1,157
4	Aghorn Operating	708
5	Bcemach Iii LLC	636
6	Apache	559
7	Lcs Production Company	450
8	Pioneer Natural Resources	449
9	Exxon Mobil	419
10	Amoco Production Company	391

About Permian Basin

Formation: Permian Basin — one of the active oil & gas plays in TX.
Activity level: 396 new permits in the last 24 months indicates highly active.
Mineral owners: Property in ECTOR (TX) may have Permian Basin mineral rights — Valor's mineral management can help evaluate.
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