Quick answer: Cimarex Energy Co. has 213 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 33 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Culberson (69.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (42.7%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 24 | 4,875 |
| 2019 | 25 | 8,823 |
| 2020 | 51 | 113 |
| 2021 | 33 | — |
| 2022 | 27 | 10,000 |
| 2026 | 36 | 10,358 |
| Other years combined (3 years) | 17 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Culberson (TX) | 148 | 69.5% |
| Reeves (TX) | 47 | 22.1% |
| Garvin (OK) | 7 | 3.3% |
| Ward (TX) | 6 | 2.8% |
| Canadian (OK) | 3 | 1.4% |
| All other counties | 2 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 41 | 42.7% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 35 | 36.5% |
| Morrow | 7 | 7.3% |
| Woodford | 5 | 5.2% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 4 | 4.2% |
| Anadarko Basin | 3 | 3.1% |
| All other / unclassified | 1 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 120 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 190 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 23.2% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 27.3% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,368 ft vs 6,751 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.
Cimarex Energy Co. has 213 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 33 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Culberson (69.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (42.7%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 120 days and from spud to first reported production 190 days. 23.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,368 ft, versus 6,751 ft on earlier permits (+53.6%).
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.