TX — Permian (Midland)

Howard County Drilling Permits

Midland Basin county with active Spraberry/Wolfcamp drilling

Data sourced from Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)
County Permits

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State: 30-Day Permits

947

Texas statewide

County Share

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of Texas permits

Top Operators in Texas

State-level operator rankings — county-level breakdown available via API

RankOperatorPermits (30d)Share
1DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC909.5%
2PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC.889.3%
3OVINTIV USA INC.475.0%
4APACHE CORPORATION283.0%
5EOG RESOURCES, INC.242.5%

Basin Context: Permian (Midland)

Howard County is located within the Permian (Midland). Midland Basin county with active Spraberry/Wolfcamp drilling

Permian (Midland)Texas

Access This Data via API

Access Howard County well permit data programmatically. Filter by county, operator, well type, and date range.

GET/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=TX&county=howard
curl -X GET "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=TX&county=howard"

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "county": "Howard County",
    "state": "Texas",
    "state_code": "TX",
    "permits": null,
    "pct_of_state": null,
    "basin": "Permian (Midland)"
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)",
    "as_of": "2026-10-23"
  }
}
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Howard County Drilling Permit FAQs

Howard County is one of Texas's active drilling counties. Permit data is available via the OilPriceAPI well permits endpoint filtered by county.

Based on Texas state data, the leading operators include: DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC (9.5% of state permits), PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. (9.3% of state permits), OVINTIV USA INC. (5.0% of state permits). County-level operator data is available via API.

Howard County sits in the Permian (Midland). Midland Basin county with active Spraberry/Wolfcamp drilling. Operators primarily target tight oil and gas formations accessed via horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

Use the OilPriceAPI drilling intelligence endpoint with county filtering: GET /v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=TX&county=howard. Returns permit counts, operator breakdowns, and trend data. Sign up free at oilpriceapi.com.

Get Howard County Well Permit Data via API

Access county-level drilling permit data programmatically. Filter by state, county, operator, well type, and date, with a source timestamp on every record.

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