Production across the Americas, well by well

1. 1 Permian 2,266
2. 2 Western Canada 1,361
3. 3 Eagle Ford 369
4. 4 Niobrara 301
5. 5 Bakken 296
6. 6 Appalachia 291
7. 7 Mid-Continent 276
8. 8 Uinta 234
9. 9 Anadarko 172
10. 10 Haynesville 158
11. 11 California 78
12. 12 Gulf Coast Onshore 66
13. 13 Barnett 48
14. 14 Alaska 42
15. 15 Ark-La-Tex 41
16. 16 Green River 33
17. 17 San Juan 19
18. 18 Other Rockies 9

new-well permits in the 90 days to each area's latest approval each area's 12-month pace over the same 90 days

• These are counts of permits to drill a new well. Reworks, deepenings and plugging permits are counted on each area's own page.
• Of the 18 supply areas shown, the Permian footprint had the most permits to drill a new well: 2,266 in the 90 days to October 19, 2026. At its 12-month pace that window would hold 1,981.
• Each area's window ends at its own latest approval on record, between August 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 across the rows. The dates are in the table. An area's 12-month pace includes the 90 days it is compared with, so the mark moves with the bar.
• Rest of Canada is not shown: it has no page of its own, and its 431 permits to drill a new well are counted on the Canada page.
• Rest of US is not shown: it has no page of its own, and its 10 permits to drill a new well are counted on the United States page.

1. 1 Texas 277 +40
2. 2 Alberta 154 +10
3. 3 New Mexico 96 −6
4. 4 Oklahoma 50 +8
5. 5 Saskatchewan 43 +4
6. 6 North Dakota 31 +3
7. 7 Louisiana 29 ±0
8. 8 Utah 20 +7
9. 9 Wyoming 16 +4
10. 10 Pennsylvania 15 −2
11. 11 British Columbia 14 +3
12. 12 Alaska 12 +3
13. 13 Colorado 12 −3
14. 14 Gulf of Mexico 12 +4
15. 15 Ohio 9 −4
16. 16 West Virginia 9 +2
17. 17 California 4 −1
18. 18 Manitoba 4 ±0
19. 19 Montana 4 +2
20. 20 Michigan 1 ±0
21. 21 Pacific OCS 1 −1
22. 22 Alabama 0 ±0
23. 23 Arkansas 0 −2
24. 24 Kansas 0 ±0
25. 25 Mississippi 0 −2

week to October 16, 2026 a year earlier change over the year, as a count

• In the week to October 16, 2026, Texas had the most active drilling rigs of the 25 reporting regions shown: 277, compared with 237 a year earlier.
• The largest rise from a year earlier was Texas (237 to 277). The largest fall was New Mexico (102 to 96).
• Counts cover land and inland-water rigs for 22 of the regions shown. For Gulf of Mexico and Pacific OCS they cover offshore rigs in federal waters. For Alaska they cover every rig reported. That includes rigs in Alaska's own waters.
• Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Mississippi show no active rig that week. A zero is a real count: the source lists only active rigs.