Quick answer: Aethon Energy Operating LLC has 116 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 22 of them in the last 12 complete months (+450.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Washington (44.8% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (50%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 19 | 636 |
| 2019 | 19 | 7,716 |
| 2020 | 9 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 553 |
| 2022 | 25 | 581 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6,785 |
| 2026 | 22 | 10,209 |
| Other years combined (2 years) | 5 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington (TX) | 52 | 44.8% |
| San Augustine (TX) | 29 | 25% |
| Nacogdoches (TX) | 20 | 17.2% |
| Robertson (TX) | 7 | 6% |
| Shelby (TX) | 4 | 3.4% |
| All other counties | 4 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 39 | 50% |
| Austin Chalk | 20 | 25.6% |
| East Texas Basin | 17 | 21.8% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 64 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 38 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 57.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 67.9% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 6,874 ft vs 623 ft |
Groups with fewer than three permits are folded into "all other". Computed by Valor from public oil and gas data; refreshed weekly. Data as of 2026-11-01.
Aethon Energy Operating LLC has 116 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 22 of them in the last 12 complete months (+450.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Washington (44.8% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (50%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 64 days and from spud to first reported production 38 days. 57.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 6,874 ft, versus 623 ft on earlier permits (+1003.4%).
No. Valor publishes permit activity as statistics — counts by year, county and formation groupings of three or more permits, lateral trends and cycle times — rather than individual permit records.
These statistics are computed by Valor from public oil and gas data. © Valor, all rights reserved.