Quick answer: Citation Oil & Gas Corp. has 278 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 22 of them in the last 12 complete months (+10.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Pontotoc (32.7% of permits) and leading target is Arkoma Basin (33.5%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 34 | 334 |
| 2018 | 35 | 182 |
| 2019 | 40 | 260 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,632 |
| 2021 | 16 | 212 |
| 2022 | 49 | 4,489 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1,384 |
| 2024 | 35 | 610 |
| 2025 | 18 | 10,053 |
| 2026 | 20 | — |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc (OK) | 91 | 32.7% |
| Carter (OK) | 61 | 21.9% |
| Stephens (OK) | 52 | 18.7% |
| Andrews (TX) | 29 | 10.4% |
| Howard (TX) | 20 | 7.2% |
| Coke (TX) | 10 | 3.6% |
| Gaines (TX) | 9 | 3.2% |
| All other counties | 6 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arkoma Basin | 91 | 33.5% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 70 | 25.7% |
| Permian Basin | 62 | 22.8% |
| Woodford | 46 | 16.9% |
| All other / unclassified | 3 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 105 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 93 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 93% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 61.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 9,976 ft vs 556 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.
Citation Oil & Gas Corp. has 278 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 22 of them in the last 12 complete months (+10.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Pontotoc (32.7% of permits) and leading target is Arkoma Basin (33.5%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 105 days and from spud to first reported production 93 days. 93% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 9,976 ft, versus 556 ft on earlier permits (+1694.2%).
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.