AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued 803 original drilling permits in December 2019, compared to 811 in December 2018. That total included 743 permits to drill new oil or gas wells—11 of those in the Panhandle. Eight permits to reenter plugged well bores were issued, and 52 for recompletions of existing well bores. Among those permits were 162 oil, 37 gas, 571 oil or gas, 23 injection,…