Quick answer: Bkv North Texas, LLC has 18 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (+200.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Wise (55.6% of permits) and leading target is Barnett (44.4%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 9,143 |
| Other years combined (3 years) | 6 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 8 | 44.4% |
| Fort Worth Syncline | 7 | 38.9% |
| Strawn Basin | 3 | 16.7% |
| Median permit → spud | 111 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 113 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 100% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 100% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 5,442 ft vs — 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 2026-09-29.
Bkv North Texas, LLC has 18 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (+200.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Wise (55.6% of permits) and leading target is Barnett (44.4%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 111 days and from spud to first reported production 113 days. 100% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 5,442 ft.
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.