Quick answer: Capitan Energy, Incorporated has 90 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (+140.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Culberson (90% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (39.1%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 5,373 |
| 2018 | 12 | 4,876 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,914 |
| 2020 | 11 | 5,441 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7,086 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5,300 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5,549 |
| 2026 | 10 | 5,027 |
| 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.
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 34 | 39.1% |
| Morrow | 29 | 33.3% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 23 | 26.4% |
| All other / unclassified | 1 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 37 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 94 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 89.7% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 88.9% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 5,058 ft vs 4,992 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.
Capitan Energy, Incorporated has 90 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (+140.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Culberson (90% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (39.1%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 37 days and from spud to first reported production 94 days. 89.7% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 5,058 ft, versus 4,992 ft on earlier permits (+1.3%).
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.