The South Texas Drilling Roundup is a weekly review of drilling permit applications filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas over a 67-county area of South Texas.
- Date Range: March 7 to March 14
- Permit Applications: 45
- Companies Filing: 26
- Most Active Company: Lewis Petro Properties Inc. with 5 applications
- Most Active County: McMullen County with 9 applications
New and Noteworthy:
Lewis Petro Properties Inc., the San Antonio-based subsidiary of Lewis Energy Group, filed five applications last week to drill new horizontal gas wells in Webb County. One of the new wells is slotted for a location in the Austin Chalk 19.3 miles west of Laredo with a completion depth of 12,000 feet. Four additional wells are planned in the Eagle Ford Shale for about 26.9 miles northeast of Laredo, each with a completion depth of 11,500 feet.
McMullen County was the most active county for applications in the past, seeing nine. GulfTex Energy, another San Antonio-based company, applied for a horizontal drill of a new oil or gas well 9.2 miles southeast of the city of Tilden, planned for a total depth of 13,500 feet. That application was submitted last Tuesday.
