New Mexico Drilling Permits
New Mexico's portion of the Delaware Basin is one of the fastest-growing oil regions in the US. Lea and Eddy counties account for nearly all production.
All Time
As of July 1, 2026
Recent Activity
As of July 1, 2026
Year over Year
Find Wells Near You in New Mexico
Search for oil wells, gas wells, and drilling permits near any New Mexico address. Enter a city, ZIP code, or street address to find recent well permit activity in your area.
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Major Basins in New Mexico
Permian (Delaware Basin)
Rig-count data for this basin is currently unavailable.
San Juan Basin
Rig-count data for this basin is currently unavailable.
Data Source
Data Coverage
1973-08-01 to 2026-07-01
Source Check Schedule
Configured daily (business days)
Last successful check: September 13, 2026. This is separate from the permit-record date.
Access This Data via API
Access New Mexico well permit data programmatically. Historical data, trends, and more.
/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=NMcurl -X GET "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=NM"
Sample Response
{
"data": {
"state": "New Mexico",
"state_code": "NM",
"total_permits": 142045,
"last_30_days": 0,
"last_365_days": 53068,
"year_over_year_change": "+2690.1%",
"top_operators": []
},
"meta": {
"source": "New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (OCD)",
"data_as_of": "2026-07-01",
"source_checked_at": "2026-09-13T08:33:14Z",
"configured_check_cadence": "daily"
}
}New Mexico Drilling Permit FAQs
New Mexico has 142,045 historical drilling permits in the returned dataset, with 0 records in its latest 30-day calculation. The latest returned permit date is July 1, 2026. The configured daily source-check schedule is not a guarantee that the dataset is current to the regulator.
New Mexico includes the Permian (Delaware Basin), San Juan Basin basins. New Mexico's portion of the Delaware Basin is one of the fastest-growing oil regions in the US. Lea and Eddy counties account for nearly all production.
Operator data for New Mexico is available via our API.
Official permit data comes from the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (OCD) (https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/ocd/). OilPriceAPI aggregates this data and provides it via API with historical trends and operator analytics.
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