Quick answer: Civitas Permian Operating, LLC has 930 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 73 of them in the last 12 complete months (-34.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reagan (31.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (72%).
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 | 72 | 10,570 |
| 2018 | 107 | 10,748 |
| 2019 | 77 | 10,221 |
| 2020 | 38 | 10,196 |
| 2021 | 68 | 10,327 |
| 2022 | 94 | 10,266 |
| 2023 | 164 | 10,741 |
| 2024 | 132 | 10,441 |
| 2025 | 114 | 10,309 |
| 2026 | 47 | 10,057 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reagan (TX) | 291 | 31.3% |
| Glasscock (TX) | 224 | 24.1% |
| Upton (TX) | 177 | 19% |
| Martin (TX) | 116 | 12.5% |
| Loving (TX) | 50 | 5.4% |
| Reeves (TX) | 36 | 3.9% |
| Midland (TX) | 23 | 2.5% |
| Howard (TX) | 12 | 1.3% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 670 | 72% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 257 | 27.6% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 3 | 0.3% |
| Median permit → spud | 50 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 172 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 97.8% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 97.6% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,306 ft vs 10,372 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.
Civitas Permian Operating, LLC has 930 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 73 of them in the last 12 complete months (-34.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reagan (31.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (72%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 50 days and from spud to first reported production 172 days. 97.8% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,306 ft, versus 10,372 ft on earlier permits (-0.6%).
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.