Loving County Texas Drilling Permits And Reported Spuds (2026)

Loving County had 53 Texas drilling permit records with valid API county coding in the 90-day window ending July 10, 2026. The same review found 71 trailing-12-month permit records and 9 source-filed operator labels with recent permit activity.

The county also had 17 deduplicated reported-spud events in the 90-day spud window ending June 23. That is the largest recent reported-spud count among Midland, Reeves, Loving, Upton, Martin, Glasscock, Ward, and Howard counties in this reviewed Permian group.

The permit and spud totals represent different stages. A permit records planned or authorized drilling activity. A reported spud records a drilling start where the source includes a spud date. Neither total represents completions or production.

EnergyNetWatch reviewed Texas permit and reported-spud records on July 22, 2026. County permit totals include records with valid Texas API county coding.

Loving County Texas Drilling Activity Snapshot

The permit window begins April 11 and is anchored to the latest Texas permit issue date. The spud window begins March 25 and is anchored to the latest Texas reported-spud date. Separate dates prevent the page from presenting two sources as though they were updated on the same schedule.

Loving does not have the largest permit count in the reviewed county group. It does have the strongest current reported-spud total in that comparison, and its permit activity is highly concentrated among four operator labels.

Leading Loving County Operator Labels

This public preview shows five of the nine source-filed operator labels with recent API-coded Loving County permits. The complete operator set and record-level table remain in EnergyNetWatch.

The public operator table reports permit counts only. The county-level reported-spud total is shown separately because operator attribution is not complete for every spud event in the reviewed source. That keeps the operator ranking from implying precision the source does not support.

Loving County Permit Concentration

Admiral Permian, EOG, Anadarko, and WaterBridge account for 46 of 53 recent permits, or 86.8% of the current API-coded county total. The other five operator labels account for seven records combined.

Admiral Permian leads with 15 recent permits. EOG follows with 13 and Anadarko has 11. WaterBridge adds seven. The concentration makes the leading source labels easy to identify, but it does not establish acreage ownership, working interest, production share, capital allocation, or rig count.

The trailing-12-month column also shows how recent the filing concentration is. Admiral Permian and EOG each have the same 90-day and annual count in this review. FE Permian's two displayed annual permits are also inside the current window. Anadarko and WaterBridge have additional permits outside the 90-day period.

These are filing-timing facts. They do not show whether each permit has been drilled, completed, or placed on production.

Loving County Reported Spuds

Loving's 17 deduplicated reported-spud events stand out in the reviewed county comparison. The latest county event in the current window was June 21, two days before the latest Texas spud date available in the source.

That total is stronger drilling-start evidence than a permit count alone, but it still has boundaries. A spud records the start of drilling where the source carries a reportable date. It does not show total depth reached, completion status, first production, reserves, or economic performance.

The 17 events also should not be divided by the 53 permit records to produce a conversion rate. The permit and spud windows have different date anchors, and a current spud can relate to a permit issued before April 11. The Texas sources also have different reporting cadences and coverage.

Record sequence: permit issue, reported spud, completion or status record, first production, then production history.

Each source stage adds evidence without replacing the prior stage.

What The Record-Level Table Adds

County totals answer how much activity appears in the current source window. The underlying rows show what that activity is tied to.

The current record set can be filtered by operator, issue date, lease, field, and location. Records without a reported-spud date remain permit-stage records. EnergyNetWatch does not fill the field by estimating a start date.

Loving County Compared With Other Reviewed Counties

The selected Permian comparison uses the same source cut and county-matching method for every row.

Midland leads the group in current permit records. Reeves has the widest operator mix among the first four county pages reviewed. Loving has the largest reported-spud total and the most concentrated top-four permit group.

That combination makes Loving different from a simple county permit leaderboard. Its current source record shows moderate permit volume relative to Midland, high concentration among four labels, and more recent reported-spud events than the other reviewed counties.

This remains a selected Permian comparison. It is not a complete Texas county ranking because recent permits without valid API county coding cannot be assigned to a county with the same confidence.

Texas County Matching And Coverage

EnergyNetWatch uses the three-digit Texas county FIPS segment in the API number for county attribution. The statewide 90-day review contained 2,096 recent permit records. Of those, 1,091 had a valid API county segment and could be included in county totals.

The remaining records stay in the statewide permit dataset. They are not assigned to Loving from field_county_code. A named field may cross county lines, so field geography is not a valid replacement for the permit's surface county.

The public page therefore uses the label API-coded permit records. This produces a conservative county total that can be traced back to the record identifier.

Reported-spud events are also matched by API and deduplicated by API plus spud date. All 112 recent deduplicated Texas spud events in the reviewed window had a valid API county segment, but operator linkage was not complete for every event. That is why this page publishes a county spud total without placing an operator spud column beside the permit ranking.

Source Dates And Definitions

EnergyNetWatch ran this read-only review on July 22, 2026. Texas permit records were current through July 10. Texas reported-spud records were current through June 23. Loving's latest permit issue date was July 10, and its latest reported spud was June 21.

Permit records are counted by issue date. Reported-spud events are counted by spud date after deduplication. Operator totals count permit rows under the exact source-filed label.

The figures are not unique producing wells, completions, reserves, acreage, production volumes, revenue, capital guidance, vendor awards, or forecasts. State records can change as later filings and corrections are published.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many recent drilling permits are in Loving County, Texas?

EnergyNetWatch found 53 permit records with valid Loving County API coding in the 90-day window ending July 10, 2026. The trailing-12-month count was 71.

How many recent reported spuds are in Loving County?

The reviewed Texas source contained 17 deduplicated Loving County reported-spud events in the 90-day window ending June 23. The latest county event in that window was June 21.

Are 53 permits the same as 53 drilled wells?

No. A permit records planned or authorized drilling. A reported spud supplies separate evidence that drilling started. Completion and production require later records.

Which operator has the most Loving County permits in this review?

ADMIRAL PERMIAN OPERATING LLC leads the public table with 15 recent permit records. EOG has 13 and Anadarko has 11.

Why does the operator table not show spuds by operator?

Operator attribution is not complete for every reported-spud event in the reviewed Texas source. The page reports the defensible county total and avoids assigning unmatched events to an operator.

Is Loving the top Texas county for reported spuds?

Loving has the largest count among the eight Permian counties reviewed for this series. The page does not claim a complete statewide rank.

Is this a production ranking?

No. This page covers permit and reported-spud records. Production data use a separate source and reporting cadence.

Related EnergyNetWatch Pages

• Midland County Texas drilling permits and reported spuds
• Reeves County Texas drilling permits and reported spuds
• Upton County Texas drilling permits and reported spuds
• Texas RRC data guide
• How to track drilling permits by operator
• Texas oil and gas permit activity watchlist