Midland’s Diamondback Energy led the state in filing for drilling permits for the week of June 24-30, according to Houston Chronicle. Diamondback filed 9 permits followed by 8 by Centennial Resource, 7 by Double Eagle, 6 by Ovintiv, 5 by Cimarex Energy, and 4 each by Pioneer Natural Resources, Comstock and Shell. Dutch oil major Shell continues drilling in west Texas with 4 new horizontal wells in Loving County in Delaware Basin targeting Wolfcamp’s Phantom field to depths of 12,000 feet.