TX — Permian (Midland)

Midland County Drilling Permits

Core Midland Basin county — heart of Texas oil production

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

57

All-time tracked

State: 30-Day Permits

947

Texas statewide

County Share

9.4%

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)

Midland County is located within the Permian (Midland). Core Midland Basin county — heart of Texas oil production

Permian (Midland)Texas

Access This Data via API

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

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

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "county": "Midland County",
    "state": "Texas",
    "state_code": "TX",
    "permits": 57,
    "pct_of_state": "9.4%",
    "basin": "Permian (Midland)"
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)",
    "as_of": "2026-10-23"
  }
}
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Midland County Drilling Permit FAQs

Midland County has 57 well permits tracked in our database, representing 9.4% 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.

Midland County sits in the Permian (Midland). Core Midland Basin county — heart of Texas oil production. 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=midland. Returns permit counts, operator breakdowns, and trend data. Sign up free at oilpriceapi.com.

Get Midland 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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