Author: Zoe Gottlieb

While other companies were slow to keep up, Houston-based Trinity Operating LLC filed to drill eight new wells last week in Wilson and Zavala counties.

After a surge of activity in DeWitt County during the week of Oct. 23, drilling interests have moved back down the Eagle Ford Shale to Dimmit County.

Three companies are pursuing new wells in DeWitt County.

Colorado-based SM Energy Co. was the leading company for new drills last week, filing applications for seven new wells in Webb County.

Houston-based EMCJET has signed a deal to become the first authorized U.S. dealer of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing jets.

Nineteen companies filed a combined 67 drilling permit applications for new wells in the Eagle Ford last week, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Among the top 10 drillers in the Eagle Ford Shale for 2023, the average number of new drilling permit applications each company had approved was 89. See which companies made the list.

The South Texas drilling fervor has subsided after an explosion of new drilling permit applications the week of Sept. 25, but Houston-based companies are still the top filers.

EOG Resources and Marathon Oil filed 17 applications each for new wells.

Seven companies filed a combined 25 applications last week for new wells in La Salle County, Texas. Most of the companies have headquarters or major offices in the Houston area.