Quick answer: Buffco Production Inc. has 155 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 18 of them in the last 12 complete months (+12.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Zavala (23.9% of permits) and leading target is Travis Peak (41.3%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16 | 300 |
| 2018 | 17 | 124 |
| 2019 | 17 | 260 |
| 2020 | 15 | 4,002 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,679 |
| 2022 | 12 | 11,896 |
| 2023 | 17 | 9,105 |
| 2024 | 15 | 9,821 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,959 |
| 2026 | 14 | 279 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zavala (TX) | 37 | 23.9% |
| Rusk (TX) | 27 | 17.4% |
| Gregg (TX) | 21 | 13.5% |
| Hardeman (TX) | 17 | 11% |
| Harrison (TX) | 11 | 7.1% |
| Panola (TX) | 11 | 7.1% |
| Cass (TX) | 5 | 3.2% |
| Cherokee (TX) | 5 | 3.2% |
| Upshur (TX) | 4 | 2.6% |
| Foard (TX) | 3 | 1.9% |
| All other counties | 14 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | 62 | 41.3% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 20 | 13.3% |
| Palo Duro Basin | 20 | 13.3% |
| Austin Chalk | 19 | 12.7% |
| Cotton Valley | 11 | 7.3% |
| East Texas Basin | 11 | 7.3% |
| All other / unclassified | 7 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 49 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 90 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 92.7% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 85.4% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 287 ft vs 3,225 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.
Buffco Production Inc. has 155 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 18 of them in the last 12 complete months (+12.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Zavala (23.9% of permits) and leading target is Travis Peak (41.3%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 49 days and from spud to first reported production 90 days. 92.7% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 287 ft, versus 3,225 ft on earlier permits (-91.1%).
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.