Quick answer: Bridwell Oil Co. has 102 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 4 of them in the last 12 complete months (-33.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Crosby (26.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (32.6%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 24 | 125 |
| 2018 | 20 | 123 |
| 2019 | 12 | 129 |
| 2021 | 9 | 136 |
| 2022 | 4 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 136 |
| 2024 | 7 | 150 |
| 2025 | 7 | 150 |
| 2026 | 3 | — |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Crosby (TX) | 27 | 26.5% |
| Archer (TX) | 25 | 24.5% |
| Montague (TX) | 12 | 11.8% |
| Wichita (TX) | 10 | 9.8% |
| Duval (TX) | 9 | 8.8% |
| Clay (TX) | 5 | 4.9% |
| Grady (OK) | 3 | 2.9% |
| Throckmorton (TX) | 3 | 2.9% |
| All other counties | 8 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 30 | 32.6% |
| Bend Arch | 16 | 17.4% |
| Barnett | 14 | 15.2% |
| Fort Worth Syncline | 11 | 12% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 10 | 10.9% |
| Palo Duro Basin | 7 | 7.6% |
| All other / unclassified | 4 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 56 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 63 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 80.6% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 92.4% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 117 ft vs 133 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.
Bridwell Oil Co. has 102 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 4 of them in the last 12 complete months (-33.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Crosby (26.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (32.6%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 56 days and from spud to first reported production 63 days. 80.6% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 117 ft, versus 133 ft on earlier permits (-12.0%).
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.