AUSTIN––The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 1,133 original drilling permits in January 2020, compared to 1,199 in January 2019. The January 2020 total included 1,041 permits to drill new oil or gas wells— only nine of those in the Panhandle District— eight to re-enter plugged well bores and 84 for recompletions of existing well bores. The breakdown of well types for those...