Quick answer: Cimarron Engineering, LLC has 81 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 7 of them in the last 12 complete months (+40.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Jim Wells (34.6% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (82.4%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 132 |
| 2018 | 5 | 132 |
| 2019 | 15 | 132 |
| 2020 | 5 | 132 |
| 2021 | 13 | 131 |
| 2022 | 9 | 129 |
| 2023 | 7 | 134 |
| 2024 | 8 | 134 |
| 2025 | 6 | 134 |
| 2026 | 5 | — |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Wells (TX) | 28 | 34.6% |
| Nueces (TX) | 12 | 14.8% |
| Live Oak (TX) | 9 | 11.1% |
| Brazoria (TX) | 7 | 8.6% |
| Bee (TX) | 4 | 4.9% |
| Duval (TX) | 3 | 3.7% |
| Goliad (TX) | 3 | 3.7% |
| All other counties | 15 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 56 | 82.4% |
| Eagle Ford | 6 | 8.8% |
| Vicksburg | 4 | 5.9% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 27 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 54 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 69.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 69.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 135 ft vs 132 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.
Cimarron Engineering, LLC has 81 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 7 of them in the last 12 complete months (+40.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Jim Wells (34.6% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (82.4%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 27 days and from spud to first reported production 54 days. 69.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 135 ft, versus 132 ft on earlier permits (+2.3%).
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.