Quick answer: Cml Exploration, LLC has 114 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 9 of them in the last 12 complete months (-18.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Zavala (42.1% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (59.2%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | 8,144 |
| 2018 | 14 | 9,392 |
| 2019 | 15 | 8,071 |
| 2020 | 16 | 10,243 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,918 |
| 2022 | 15 | 8,861 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9,626 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,527 |
| 2026 | 9 | 9,194 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zavala (TX) | 48 | 42.1% |
| Dimmit (TX) | 35 | 30.7% |
| Maverick (TX) | 10 | 8.8% |
| Brazos (TX) | 4 | 3.5% |
| Scurry (TX) | 4 | 3.5% |
| Garza (TX) | 3 | 2.6% |
| All other counties | 10 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 58 | 59.2% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 27 | 27.6% |
| Eagle Ford | 7 | 7.1% |
| Permian Basin | 5 | 5.1% |
| All other / unclassified | 1 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 45 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 37 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 81.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 90.3% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 9,213 ft vs 9,114 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.
Cml Exploration, LLC has 114 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 9 of them in the last 12 complete months (-18.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Zavala (42.1% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (59.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 45 days and from spud to first reported production 37 days. 81.9% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 9,213 ft, versus 9,114 ft on earlier permits (+1.1%).
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.