Quick answer: Cog Operating LLC has 1,915 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 166 of them in the last 12 complete months (+50.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Upton (22.6% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (68.6%).
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 | 193 | 8,347 |
| 2018 | 243 | 8,725 |
| 2019 | 298 | 10,756 |
| 2020 | 282 | 10,929 |
| 2021 | 246 | 11,021 |
| 2022 | 144 | 13,258 |
| 2023 | 94 | 9,889 |
| 2024 | 150 | 10,369 |
| 2025 | 102 | 10,439 |
| 2026 | 130 | 11,027 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Upton (TX) | 432 | 22.6% |
| Midland (TX) | 431 | 22.5% |
| Andrews (TX) | 331 | 17.3% |
| Loving (TX) | 271 | 14.2% |
| Martin (TX) | 255 | 13.3% |
| Glasscock (TX) | 64 | 3.3% |
| Ector (TX) | 52 | 2.7% |
| Reeves (TX) | 39 | 2% |
| Culberson (TX) | 24 | 1.3% |
| Winkler (TX) | 9 | 0.5% |
| All other counties | 7 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 1,134 | 68.6% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 295 | 17.9% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 223 | 13.5% |
| Median permit → spud | 74 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 243 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 80.5% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 90.1% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,694 ft vs 10,365 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.
Cog Operating LLC has 1,915 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 166 of them in the last 12 complete months (+50.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Upton (22.6% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (68.6%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 74 days and from spud to first reported production 243 days. 80.5% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,694 ft, versus 10,365 ft on earlier permits (+3.2%).
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.