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Oklahoma Drilling Activity Report — September 2026

Statewide permits, drilled-but-uncompleted inventory, recent spuds, newly producing wells, and the most active operators and counties — compiled from Oklahoma Corporation Commission well-header records and refreshed daily. Free to cite, quote, and embed with attribution.

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The Month in One Sentence

As of September 17, 2026, Oklahoma has 851 drilling permits filed over the trailing 24 months, 899 drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells in inventory, 150 wells spudded in the last 90 days, and 37 wells brought onto first production in the last six months, across 77 producing counties — per Oklahoma Corporation Commission records compiled by Buckhead Energy.

851
Permits · trailing 24 mo
899
DUC wells in inventory
150
Spudded · last 90 days
37
New producers · 6 mo
100
Active operators tracked
77
Producing counties

Most Active Operators

#OperatorWellsPermits 24moDUCs
1 Citation Oil & Gas 9,098 40 4,295
2 Chesapeake Energy 6,941 0 4,599
3 State Fund Plugging 4,171 0 77
4 Diversified Production LLC 4,082 31 176
5 Bcemach 2,556 29 103

Full top-100 operator leaderboard →

Hottest Counties

#CountyRecent PermitsDUCsProducing Wells
1 Osage 0 177
2 Creek 49 3,613
3 Okmulgee 11 1,802
4 Stephens 86 4,780
5 Carter 121 5,639

All 77 counties ranked →

Methodology & Downloads

Compiled from Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) well-header and production filings: permits over a trailing 24-month window, current DUC inventory (spudded, no reported first production), spuds in the last 90 days, and wells with first production within six months. Refreshed daily; every figure carries the as-of date above.

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Cite this report (CC BY 4.0): Buckhead Energy, "Oklahoma Drilling Activity Report — September 2026," compiled from Oklahoma Corporation Commission records, September 17, 2026. https://www.buckheadenergy.com/oklahoma-drilling-activity-report

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