Texas Oil & Gas Pipeline and Facility Projects March 31, 2023

Summary of Pipeline & Facility permits in Texas and Well Permits for the Mid Continent had 326 Operators being approved for 172 permits.

Texas oil & gas pipeline permits last 30 days is 20 Oil & Gas and Mid Stream Operators that had 25 pipeline approved permits.

  • Top Oil & Gas Operators approved for a pipeline permits include; Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC (2), PALEO OIL COMPANY (2), Targa Resources (2)
  • Top Oil & Gas Operators approved for a pipeline permits include; Targa (562 Miles)

Texas facility project permits last 30 days is 61 Oil & Gas and Mid Stream Operators that had 206 facilities approved permits.

  • Top Oil & Gas Operators approved for a facility permits include; WhiteWater Midstreams (6), Eog Resources, Inc. (35), Chesapeake Energy (11)
  • Top Oil & Gas County approved for a facility permits include; Dimmit (15), Cooke (15)

New well permits the last 30 days for Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana includes 245 Operators and 1481 permits.

  • Top Oil & Gas Operators approved for a facility permits include; Eog Resources, Inc. (97), XTO Energy Inc. (63), Mewbourne (58)
  • Well permits by State; Texas (1026), New Mexico (307), Oklahoma (79), Louisiana (69)
  • Well Permits by top County; LEA (117), EDDY (172), Loving (86)

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Mid Continent (TX,OK,NM,LA) Well Permits

Texas Air Permits

Texas Pipeline Permits

Texas Pipeline Construction Permits

Mid Continent Well Permits


Permit Details

Mid Content Well Permits

The graph shows the new well permit count and moving average for Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana since 2019

Texas Pipeline Projects

Pipeline permits include gathering or transport pipelines of a liquid, gas or oil through a system of pipes. In addition to these main types of pipelines, there are also four other sub-categories of pipelines: Gathering Lines, Feeder Lines, Transmission Pipelines and Distribution Pipelines. The permits represent all types of pipelines.

Texas T4 Pipeline Permits

Texas Pipeline Construction Permits

Texas Oil & Gas Facility Permits

Facilities are a system of vessels, piping, valves, tanks and other equipment that are used to gather, process, measure, store or dispose of petroleum, natural gas or water. … The upstream facility network includes equipment for the handling of oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and water. 

We have 3 types of permits related to construction of new facilities the Permit Type is related to the stage of the project. 

  • Notify New – Prior to construction, a notification with basic information must be submitted.
  • Initial -Ninety days after submitting the Initial Project Notification, a more detailed registration for the standard permit is required.  This could be related to existing plant maintenance
  • CERTIFICAT – This is the end of the process for new facilities, Notify New to Initial to Certificat
  • Revision – Permit approved with a revision to the permit. This could be related to existing plant maintenance

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Facility Projects

HighPeak Energy – 3 New Air Permits -Howard Counties

  • HighPeak Energy ranks #22 in wells drilled in 2022 with 97 wells drilled in the Mid Continent of the US.  The Mid Continent region includes Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana.
  • HighPeak Energy ranks #87 in air permits approved in 2022 with 3 permits in Texas.
  • Howard County, TX ranks #6 in the state for BOE produced in the most recent month (Jun 2022). The information below is the summary of oil and gas data that goes back to 1993 and contains information on the 12,423 wells that have been drilled from Jan 1993 to Jun 2022.

WhiteWater Midstream, LLC. – 4 new air permits – Multiple Counties    

WhiteWater is a management owned, Austin based infrastructure company founded in 2016. WhiteWater is partnered with multiple private equity funds and direct investors. Since inception, WhiteWater has reached final investment decisions on ~$3 billion in greenfield development projects.

February 2023 WhiteWater Midstream requested the Texas Railroad Commission for a new 185 mile pipeline permit for the Blackfin pipeline project that will connect Colorado County (Eagle Ford) to Hardin County Texas. 

March 2022 WhiteWater Midstream requested the Texas Railroad Commission for a new permit for the Matterhorn Express Pipeline project. 

SAGE NATURAL- 4 new air permits – Various Counties (Barnett Shale gas play)

  • Sage Natural Resources ranks #98 in wells drilled in 2022 with 20 wells drilled in the Mid Continent of the US.  The Mid Continent region includes Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana.
  • Sage Natural Resources ranks #45 in air permits approved in 2022 with 10 permits in Texas.

TEP Barnett  – 4 New Air Permit – Barnett Shale

  • TEP Barnett ranks #145 in wells drilled in 2022 with 12 wells drilled in the Mid Continent of the US.  The Mid Continent region includes Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana.
  • TEP Barnett ranks #7 in air permits approved in 2022 with 53 permits in Texas.
  • Tarrant County, TX ranks #19 in the state for BOE produced in the most recent month (Jun 2022). The information below is the summary of oil and gas data that goes back to 1993 and contains information on the 4,785 wells that have been drilled from Jan 1993 to Jun 2022.

Pipeline Projects

Targa 562 Mile Pipeline Approval T10456

Targa is a leading provider of midstream services as one of the largest independent midstream infrastructure companies in North America. Targa was approved this week by the Texas Railroad Commission for permit T10456, total distance 562 miles and the Operator is listed as APEX PIPELINE LLC. Based on the counties listed (see below) I am assuming the permit is related to the Grand Prix NGL Pipeline project.


GRETA OPERATING COMPANY LLC- New Pipeline – 1 miles – REFUGIO County 


ATMOS ENERGY CORP. – Pipeline Addition – 12 Miles

Atmos Energy Corporation, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the country’s largest natural gas-only distributor. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South.


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