Production across the Americas, well by well

1. 1 Permian 2,319
2. 2 Western Canada 1,240
3. 3 Eagle Ford 383
4. 4 Appalachia 296
5. 5 Niobrara 292
6. 6 Bakken 281
7. 7 Mid-Continent 249
8. 8 Uinta 224
9. 9 Anadarko 172
10. 10 Haynesville 168
11. 11 California 83
12. 12 Gulf Coast Onshore 75
13. 13 Barnett 59
14. 14 San Juan 56
15. 15 Ark-La-Tex 49
16. 16 Alaska 40
17. 17 Green River 36
18. 18 Other Rockies 9

new-well permits in the 90 days to each area's latest approval each area's 12-month pace over the same 90 days

• These are counts of permits to drill a new well. Reworks, deepenings and plugging permits are counted on each area's own page.
• Of the 18 supply areas shown, the Permian footprint had the most permits to drill a new well: 2,319 in the 90 days to September 14, 2026. At its 12-month pace that window would hold 1,970.
• Each area's window ends at its own latest approval on record, between August 14, 2026 and September 14, 2026 across the rows. The dates are in the table. An area's 12-month pace includes the 90 days it is compared with, so the mark moves with the bar.
• Rest of Canada is not shown: it has no page of its own, and its 198 permits to drill a new well are counted on the Canada page.
• Rest of US is not shown: it has no page of its own, and its 15 permits to drill a new well are counted on the United States page.

1. 1 Texas 284 +41
2. 2 Alberta 151 +21
3. 3 New Mexico 92 −2
4. 4 Oklahoma 51 +9
5. 5 Saskatchewan 34 −3
6. 6 Louisiana 30 +2
7. 7 North Dakota 28 +1
8. 8 Pennsylvania 15 −3
9. 9 Wyoming 15 +2
10. 10 British Columbia 14 +1
11. 11 Colorado 13 +1
12. 12 Utah 13 +3
13. 13 Alaska 12 +3
14. 14 Ohio 9 −3
15. 15 West Virginia 9 +2
16. 16 Gulf of Mexico 6 −4
17. 17 California 5 ±0
18. 18 Manitoba 5 +1
19. 19 Montana 4 +2
20. 20 Michigan 1 ±0
21. 21 Pacific OCS 1 −1
22. 22 Alabama 0 ±0
23. 23 Arkansas 0 −1
24. 24 Kansas 0 ±0
25. 25 Mississippi 0 −1

week to September 11, 2026 a year earlier change over the year, as a count

• In the week to September 11, 2026, Texas had the most active drilling rigs of the 25 reporting regions shown: 284, compared with 243 a year earlier.
• The largest rise from a year earlier was Texas (243 to 284). The largest fall was Gulf of Mexico (10 to 6).
• Counts cover land and inland-water rigs for 22 of the regions shown. For Gulf of Mexico and Pacific OCS they cover offshore rigs in federal waters. For Alaska they cover every rig reported. That includes rigs in Alaska's own waters.
• Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Mississippi show no active rig that week. A zero is a real count: the source lists only active rigs.