TX — Permian (Delaware)

Loving County Drilling Permits

Smallest US county by population, among the largest by oil output

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

78

All-time tracked

State: 30-Day Permits

947

Texas statewide

County Share

12.9%

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 (Delaware)

Loving County is located within the Permian (Delaware). Smallest US county by population, among the largest by oil output

Permian (Delaware)Texas

Access This Data via API

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

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

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "county": "Loving County",
    "state": "Texas",
    "state_code": "TX",
    "permits": 78,
    "pct_of_state": "12.9%",
    "basin": "Permian (Delaware)"
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)",
    "as_of": "2026-10-23"
  }
}

Loving County Drilling Permit FAQs

Loving County has 78 well permits tracked in our database, representing 12.9% of Texas state permits. Data is sourced from the state regulatory agency. The latest returned permit record for Texas is dated 2026-10-23; county-level freshness follows the state dataset.

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.

Loving County sits in the Permian (Delaware). Smallest US county by population, among the largest by oil output. 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=loving. Returns permit counts, operator breakdowns, and trend data. Sign up free at oilpriceapi.com.

Get Loving 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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