Supply area
Permian
The Permian footprint produced 2.41 Bbbl of oil and 10.53 Tcf of natural gas in 2025. 198,128 producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
- Largest of the US supply areas by oil, 2025.
- 48.2% of the oil produced in the United States, 2025.
- Oil production rose 4% in 2025 from 2024.
Production
- filling in (est. · unconfirmed) . Hatching marks our estimate of the volume still to be filed. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. This estimate is published unconfirmed. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our estimate of each whole month, built on any filings already in. Beyond the last filings it is our forecast.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our estimate, from any filings already in and then from our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months cover existing wells only. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 49.2% Reported by the official source by well
- 50.8% Reported by the official source as a lease total, split across the lease's wells. The regional total shown is the reported number, to rounding.
- under 0.01% Reported by the official source for a longer period, spread across its months. The period total is the reported number.
Every barrel through March 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1993 to March 2026.
- filling in (est. · unconfirmed) . Hatching marks our estimate of the volume still to be filed. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. This estimate is published unconfirmed. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our estimate of each whole month, built on any filings already in. Beyond the last filings it is our forecast.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our estimate, from any filings already in and then from our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months cover existing wells only. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 68.3% Reported by the official source by well
- 31.7% Reported by the official source as a lease total, split across the lease's wells. The regional total shown is the reported number, to rounding.
- under 0.01% Reported by the official source for a longer period, spread across its months. The period total is the reported number.
Every cubic foot through March 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1993 to March 2026.
The bands group wells by when they first produced.
About this chart
The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. In the reported months the bands draw the filings already in. The months still filling in are marked.
In Texas, production is reported for an oil lease or unit as well as for individual gas wells. Those lease and unit totals are divided among the wells they cover, and every Texas barrel is labeled reported or allocated. How well-level Texas production is built
Annual table (full history)
| Year | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,406.4 | 10,531 |
| 2024 | 2,322.0 | 9,546 |
| 2023 | 2,178.6 | 8,533 |
| 2022 | 1,979.1 | 7,562 |
| 2021 | 1,739.7 | 6,550 |
| 2020 | 1,643.1 | 6,005 |
| 2019 | 1,602.9 | 5,375 |
| 2018 | 1,280.0 | 4,105 |
| 2017 | 913.3 | 3,069 |
| 2016 | 748.8 | 2,578 |
| 2015 | 694.1 | 2,375 |
| 2014 | 602.8 | 2,069 |
| 2013 | 501.6 | 1,766 |
| 2012 | 440.9 | 1,627 |
| 2011 | 376.2 | 1,560 |
| 2010 | 341.6 | 1,616 |
| 2009 | 325.9 | 1,697 |
| 2008 | 324.9 | 1,749 |
| 2007 | 314.4 | 1,745 |
| 2006 | 316.0 | 1,728 |
| 2005 | 318.9 | 1,708 |
| 2004 | 321.4 | 1,966 |
| 2003 | 327.4 | 1,929 |
| 2002 | 332.0 | 1,936 |
| 2001 | 342.1 | 1,988 |
| 2000 | 350.1 | 1,946 |
| 1999 | 353.5 | 1,944 |
| 1998 | 387.6 | 2,013 |
| 1997 | 405.7 | 2,025 |
| 1996 | 405.8 | 2,050 |
| 1995 | 404.3 | 2,030 |
| 1994 | 406.8 | 2,079 |
| 1993 | 418.8 | 2,098 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Monthly table (last 24 months)
| Month | Oil (Mbbl) | Gas produced (MMcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | 195,523.2 | 916,688 |
| 2026-05 | 206,713.0 | 946,173 |
| 2026-04 | 202,710.2 | 902,500 |
| 2026-03 | 207,930.6 | 937,381 |
| 2026-02 | 189,489.4 | 846,033 |
| 2026-01 | 197,045.2 | 892,442 |
| 2025-12 | 208,218.7 | 934,047 |
| 2025-11 | 203,628.6 | 895,242 |
| 2025-10 | 209,412.1 | 896,910 |
| 2025-09 | 201,287.3 | 898,238 |
| 2025-08 | 206,623.0 | 925,948 |
| 2025-07 | 206,186.3 | 915,948 |
| 2025-06 | 196,204.5 | 864,983 |
| 2025-05 | 202,636.3 | 890,302 |
| 2025-04 | 196,216.6 | 841,577 |
| 2025-03 | 202,213.7 | 866,819 |
| 2025-02 | 178,800.2 | 767,225 |
| 2025-01 | 194,981.7 | 834,119 |
| 2024-12 | 200,698.2 | 857,252 |
| 2024-11 | 196,313.4 | 820,891 |
| 2024-10 | 202,715.5 | 853,222 |
| 2024-09 | 193,308.5 | 807,796 |
| 2024-08 | 200,159.0 | 833,434 |
| 2024-07 | 196,420.4 | 815,307 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Permian, data through August 2026.
Well map
- Oil 385,725
- Natural gas 57,277
- Undetermined 14,161
About this map
Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the trailing 12 months per region.
Type curves
Horizontal wells only. Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.
How these curves are built
Horizontal wells only: 61,829 of the 114,016 wells in these cohorts. Average daily production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the full cohort, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production, the rate on a log scale. The view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well, on the same log rate scale, or to cumulative production per well against months on production, on a linear scale. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort is solid through the last month all of its wells sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well of the cohort. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks the size of each cohort. 1,572 wells are counted here but not shown on the age axis: they started producing in 1995 or earlier, too close to the start of our records for their region to verify their true age.
Cohort summary table
| First produced | Wells | Peak oil (bbl/d per well) | Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) | Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) | Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) | Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) | Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) | Months in series | Wells old enough at last month in series | Forecast months drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,718 | 407 | — | 12.4 | 892 | — | 0.0 | 1 | 100% | 60 |
| 2025 | 6,090 | 849 | — | 124 | 1,953 | — | 0.3 | 7 | 100% | 60 |
| 2024 | 6,019 | 843 | 262 | 213 | 1,795 | 1,004 | 0.7 | 19 | 100% | 60 |
| 2023 | 6,085 | 815 | 256 | 257 | 1,651 | 924 | 0.8 | 31 | 100% | 60 |
| 2022 | 5,824 | 836 | 258 | 294 | 1,747 | 913 | 1.1 | 43 | 100% | 60 |
| 2021 | 4,661 | 883 | 277 | 337 | 1,763 | 946 | 1.2 | 55 | 100% | 60 |
| 2020 | 3,721 | 768 | 271 | 343 | 1,520 | 897 | 1.3 | 67 | 100% | 60 |
| 2019 | 5,650 | 746 | 240 | 329 | 1,482 | 857 | 1.4 | 79 | 100% | 60 |
| 2018 | 5,246 | 656 | 239 | 329 | 1,344 | 827 | 1.4 | 91 | 100% | 60 |
| 2017 | 3,617 | 592 | 228 | 321 | 1,126 | 755 | 1.4 | 103 | 100% | 60 |
| 2016 | 2,275 | 530 | 220 | 323 | 947 | 655 | 1.3 | 115 | 100% | 60 |
| 2015 | 2,756 | 396 | 151 | 245 | 699 | 474 | 1.0 | 127 | 100% | 60 |
| 2010-2014 | 7,167 | 270 | 89.6 | 156 | 573 | 331 | 0.7 | 139 | 100% | 60 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Permian type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.
Top operators in the Permian, 2025
Top operators in the Permian, 2025: full table
| Operator | Oil (Mbbl/d, 2025) | Gas produced (MMcf/d, 2025) | Share of output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamondback Energy | 599.4 | 2,224.8 | 8.8% |
| ExxonMobil | 589.6 | 2,156.7 | 8.6% |
| EOG Resources | 417.1 | 2,214.1 | 6.6% |
| Occidental Petroleum | 418.1 | 1,529.7 | 6.1% |
| XTO Energy | 388.2 | 1,881.0 | 6.0% |
| Chevron | 312.6 | 1,570.1 | 4.9% |
| Mewbourne Oil Company | 290.4 | 1,192.7 | 4.3% |
| Permian Resources | 265.0 | 1,269.3 | 4.1% |
| Concho Resources | 276.6 | 1,087.8 | 4.1% |
| Anadarko Petroleum | 252.3 | 949.7 | 3.7% |
| 1,280 other operators | 2,783.5 | 12,776.6 | 42.7% |
Mbbl/d = thousand barrels per day · MMcf/d = million cubic feet per day (units).
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Top counties by 2025 production
| County | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) | Share of 2025 output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea County, New Mexico | 434.8 | 1576.6 | 16.8% |
| Eddy County, New Mexico | 356.3 | 1894.7 | 16.1% |
| Midland County, Texas | 247.4 | 994 | 9.9% |
| Martin County, Texas | 264.1 | 759.3 | 9.4% |
| Reeves County, Texas | 181.4 | 1223.1 | 9.3% |
Share of output counts oil and gas together, gas at its market-value weight.
Recent permitting
About this chart
Approvals of every permit type per month, the 24 months to Sep 2026. The last bar is Sep 2026 through September 14, 2026 (313 so far), drawn hatched. Of the 8,440 approved in the 365 days to September 14, 2026, 7,990 are permits to drill a new well, 374 are recompletion permits, 61 are permits to deepen, sidetrack or re-enter existing wells and 15 are other permit types. Permits to drill a new well: 7,990 in the 365 days to September 14, 2026 and 2,319 in the last 90 days of that window. How permits are counted.
Most permits 365 days to September 14, 2026
- In the Permian footprint, 8,440 well permits were approved in the 365 days to September 14, 2026. Of those, 2,444 came in the last 90 days of that window. The latest approval on record is dated September 14, 2026.
- Of the 8,440 approved in the 365 days to September 14, 2026, 7,990 are permits to drill a new well, 374 are recompletion permits, 61 are permits to deepen, sidetrack or re-enter existing wells and 15 are other permit types. Permits to drill a new well: 7,990 in the 365 days to September 14, 2026 and 2,319 in the last 90 days of that window.
- Permits counted here come from New Mexico and Texas.
Well permits approved per month: full table
| Month | Permits approved |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 (through September 14, 2026) | 313 |
| Aug 2026 | 911 |
| Jul 2026 | 802 |
| Jun 2026 | 780 |
| May 2026 | 692 |
| Apr 2026 | 720 |
| Mar 2026 | 658 |
| Feb 2026 | 571 |
| Jan 2026 | 833 |
| Dec 2025 | 637 |
| Nov 2025 | 431 |
| Oct 2025 | 686 |
| Sep 2025 | 707 |
| Aug 2025 | 645 |
| Jul 2025 | 662 |
| Jun 2025 | 722 |
| May 2025 | 562 |
| Apr 2025 | 732 |
| Mar 2025 | 643 |
| Feb 2025 | 775 |
| Jan 2025 | 728 |
| Dec 2024 | 739 |
| Nov 2024 | 620 |
| Oct 2024 | 817 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Active drilling rigs
Interactive chart. Focus it and use the left and right arrow keys to read each week, Page Up and Page Down to move a year, Home and End for the ends of the series. The full figures are also in the table below.
- In the Permian, 268 drilling rigs were active in the week to September 11, 2026 (13 more than a year earlier).
- Since Sep 2016, the weekly count peaked at 493 in Nov 2018.
- Rig locations are reported by county and rolled up to this supply area's footprint; each county counts toward exactly one area.
Average active rigs per month: full table
| Month | Oil-directed | Gas-directed | Miscellaneous | All rigs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 (through September 11, 2026) | 267 | 1 | 0 | 268 |
| Aug 2026 | 264.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 266 |
| Jul 2026 | 256.2 | 2 | 0 | 258.2 |
| Jun 2026 | 256.6 | 1 | 0 | 257.6 |
| May 2026 | 247.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 248.2 |
| Apr 2026 | 241.8 | 0 | 0 | 241.8 |
| Mar 2026 | 241.6 | 0 | 0 | 241.6 |
| Feb 2026 | 239.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 239.5 |
| Jan 2026 | 243.5 | 0 | 0 | 243.5 |
| Dec 2025 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Nov 2025 | 252 | 0.2 | 0 | 252.2 |
| Oct 2025 | 249.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 250.5 |
| Sep 2025 | 252.4 | 1.2 | 0 | 253.6 |
| Aug 2025 | 254 | 2.2 | 0 | 256.2 |
| Jul 2025 | 260.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 262.8 |
| Jun 2025 | 269.4 | 2.4 | 0 | 271.8 |
| May 2025 | 279 | 3 | 0 | 282 |
| Apr 2025 | 286.5 | 3 | 0 | 289.5 |
| Mar 2025 | 296.4 | 2.8 | 0 | 299.2 |
| Feb 2025 | 301 | 3 | 0 | 304 |
| Jan 2025 | 299.2 | 3 | 0 | 302.2 |
| Dec 2024 | 300.8 | 3.2 | 0 | 304 |
| Nov 2024 | 300 | 3 | 0 | 303 |
| Oct 2024 | 300.8 | 3 | 0 | 303.8 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Formations
Two cross-sections through the Permian: the Delaware Basin to the west and the Midland Basin to the east.
7 formations along a 43-mile line, west to east.
12 formations along a 60-mile line, northwest to southeast.
Every depth drawn here is our own estimate, built from the curated formation tops of Texas wells across the basin. The pale ribbon along each boundary shows how certain that depth is. Where the ribbon is wider, the depth is less certain.
How these sections are built
Each section follows one straight line across the basin, and the map beside it shows where that line runs.
West is on the left.
The depth of each formation along the line is estimated from the depths at which Texas wells across the basin met that formation, as recorded in their completion reports.
A formation is drawn where enough wells along the line place it and where it stands clear of the formation above or below.
Key numbers
What we cover here
Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.
| Data | Grain | Since | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico production | well | 1924-01 | ~100% of EIA |
| Texas production | well | 1993-01 | ~99–100% of EIA |
Benchmark cells compare our series with the EIA’s published estimates.
About the EIA comparison
The two are produced differently: the EIA estimates from a survey of the largest operators and a model built to anticipate late filings, while the series compared here are rebuilt from the source’s own records as they arrive. Recent months can differ without either being wrong; the methodology page explains both methods.
Coverage rows for Permian are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.
What the data shows
- The Permian footprint produced 2.41 Bbbl of oil and 10.53 Tcf of natural gas in 2025.
- Oil production in the Permian footprint reached its highest level on record in 2025 at 2.41 Bbbl.
- Permian is a producing area, not a single rock target: the 462,121 wells here are grouped by where they are, across every formation and trajectory drilled inside it.
- The figures here start in 1993, when Texas filings begin. Before that only New Mexico reports, 19% of the area's volume at that point, so the earlier years are not drawn as the whole area.
- 198,128 producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
Footprint definition
| State | Counties in footprint |
|---|---|
| New Mexico | 4 |
| Texas | 51 |
The EIA Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) Permian region county list.
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