Quick answer: Blackbrush O & G, LLC has 55 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 9 of them in the last 12 complete months (+125.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Frio (18.2% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (50%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 3,385 |
| 2019 | 9 | — |
| 2021 | 4 | — |
| 2022 | 9 | 6,724 |
| 2025 | 4 | — |
| 2026 | 9 | 7,785 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio (TX) | 10 | 18.2% |
| Mcmullen (TX) | 10 | 18.2% |
| Zavala (TX) | 10 | 18.2% |
| Karnes (TX) | 9 | 16.4% |
| Maverick (TX) | 8 | 14.5% |
| Dimmit (TX) | 5 | 9.1% |
| All other counties | 3 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 20 | 50% |
| Eagle Ford | 8 | 20% |
| Austin Chalk | 7 | 17.5% |
| Olmos | 5 | 12.5% |
| Median permit → spud | 58 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 80 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 47.8% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 45.5% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 7,520 ft vs 4,662 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.
Blackbrush O & G, LLC has 55 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 9 of them in the last 12 complete months (+125.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Frio (18.2% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (50%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 58 days and from spud to first reported production 80 days. 47.8% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 7,520 ft, versus 4,662 ft on earlier permits (+61.3%).
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.