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Bonfire Operating LLC Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Bonfire Operating LLC has 28 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 2 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Archer (53.6% of permits) and leading target is Barnett (50%).

2
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
28
permits, last 10 years
May 2026
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2018: 7 permits 2018 2019: 7 permits 2019 2022: 4 permits 2022 2023: 6 permits 2023
Bonfire Operating LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Bonfire Operating LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20187
20197
20224
20236
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20187125
20197179
20224256
20236148
Other years combined (3 years)4—

Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Archer (TX)1553.6%
Wichita (TX)1139.3%
All other counties2—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Barnett1250%
Palo Duro Basin833.3%
All other / unclassified4—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud9 days
Median spud → first reported production111 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded73.1%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production84.2%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs 147 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.

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Bonfire Operating LLC Permits — FAQ

Bonfire Operating LLC has 28 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 2 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Archer (53.6% of permits) and leading target is Barnett (50%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 9 days and from spud to first reported production 111 days. 73.1% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

There are not enough permits with a recorded lateral length to compute a trend.

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.