Texas RRC releases March ‘22 drilling permit and completion stats AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 1,176 original drilling permits in March 2022 compared to 798 in March 2021. The March 2022 total includes 1,035 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, seven to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 113 for recompletions of existing wellbores. In the Panhandle area, t...