Arrington is a high-priority Next Tier operator: its Ector County activity includes 10 permits in the last 12 months, four in the last 60 days, one rig, and two wells drilled in 2026. Its Optimus Prime East program groups horizontal wells across multiple pads and Spraberry and Barnett targets, making the next pad schedule the key trigger for drilling, completions and facilities sales.
Maintenance Plus: coordinating artificial lift, production chemicals, workovers, automation and field data to find underperforming wells, choose the right intervention and measure the result.
TRP Operating’s Annie Wilkes project groups six Wolfcamp wells on two nearby Loving County pads, with H&P 461 and H&P 625 identified as the rigs. The Annie Wilkes Tank Battery notification was completed 176 days after the first well licence date and 94 days after the last recorded Activity Date, supporting a coordinated local development pattern but not confirming that the wells were completed or producing.
Select Water Solutions plans to acquire Pilot Water Solutions for $700 million, adding a contracted produced-water network concentrated in the Delaware Basin. OilGasLeads data identifies 31 Pilot Texas well records and eight Select Texas air permit records, providing a closer view of their disposal and recycling activity.
Toms Capital is urging Devon Energy to consider strategic alternatives, including a sale, months after Devon completed its merger with Coterra Energy. No sale process or timeline has been announced, while Devon’s published 2026 operating plan remains the clearest guide for suppliers and contractors.
Riley Permian’s 31 Yoakum County permits form 19 pads, with a predominantly horizontal San Andres oil program that shows repeated well designs and activity across several lease areas. The Fred White production-facility permit and pending saltwater-disposal application show infrastructure planning alongside that program, while the deeper Devonian injection permits do not establish stacked oil-reservoir development.
API, AFPM and other business groups are urging the Trump administration to reject diesel export restrictions, arguing that a ban could disrupt Gulf Coast refineries and tighten fuel supplies. No ban has been announced, but the policy debate matters to oilfield companies exposed to diesel costs and refinery supply.
Middle East supply and shipping disruptions helped keep Brent above $100, while Chevron warned that prices could remain elevated until trade flows and refining capacity recover. Cushing crude stocks rose to 23.748 million barrels, but one weekly inventory build does not remove the wider supply risk.
Enterprise Products Partners expanded its eastern Delaware Basin position through the $950 million acquisition of Piñon Midstream’s sour-gas gathering, treating and sequestration system. The assets include approximately 50 miles of pipelines, five compressor stations and two acid-gas injection wells supporting development in Lea County, New Mexico, and Winkler County, Texas.
Last week’s permit activity included a diverse group of small producers, mature-field operators, specialized gas developers and newly established drilling programs. Several companies received their first permits of 2026 or entered a new state, county or play, providing early signals of changing capital allocation and potential oilfield service demand.
