Quick answer: Bta Oil Producers, LLC has 229 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 44 of them in the last 12 complete months (+266.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (37.6% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (63.2%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15 | 4,964 |
| 2018 | 41 | 5,043 |
| 2019 | 16 | 4,993 |
| 2020 | 13 | 4,803 |
| 2021 | 44 | 7,714 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,443 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,205 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9,881 |
| 2025 | 16 | 10,731 |
| 2026 | 40 | 10,140 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reeves (TX) | 86 | 37.6% |
| Crane (TX) | 39 | 17% |
| Loving (TX) | 34 | 14.8% |
| Midland (TX) | 31 | 13.5% |
| Ward (TX) | 18 | 7.9% |
| Reagan (TX) | 16 | 7% |
| Culberson (TX) | 4 | 1.7% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 127 | 63.2% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 70 | 34.8% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 4 | 2% |
| Median permit → spud | 71 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 152 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 78.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 89% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,240 ft vs 5,560 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.
Bta Oil Producers, LLC has 229 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 44 of them in the last 12 complete months (+266.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (37.6% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (63.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 71 days and from spud to first reported production 152 days. 78.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,240 ft, versus 5,560 ft on earlier permits (+84.2%).
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.