Quick answer: Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC has 243 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 47 of them in the last 12 complete months (+95.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Harrison (46.1% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (62.7%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | 5,901 |
| 2018 | 11 | 8,199 |
| 2019 | 26 | 8,578 |
| 2020 | 23 | 11,136 |
| 2021 | 33 | 10,425 |
| 2022 | 27 | 12,236 |
| 2023 | 23 | 8,629 |
| 2024 | 23 | 11,508 |
| 2025 | 27 | 9,949 |
| 2026 | 37 | 11,548 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Harrison (TX) | 112 | 46.1% |
| Leon (TX) | 48 | 19.8% |
| Panola (TX) | 41 | 16.9% |
| Robertson (TX) | 17 | 7% |
| Freestone (TX) | 6 | 2.5% |
| Irion (TX) | 6 | 2.5% |
| Webb (TX) | 6 | 2.5% |
| Rusk (TX) | 4 | 1.6% |
| All other counties | 3 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| East Texas Basin | 133 | 62.7% |
| Travis Peak | 67 | 31.6% |
| Permian Basin | 5 | 2.4% |
| Olmos | 3 | 1.4% |
| All other / unclassified | 4 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 35 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 167 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 83.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 90.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,347 ft vs 10,016 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 2026-10-04.
Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC has 243 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 47 of them in the last 12 complete months (+95.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Harrison (46.1% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (62.7%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 35 days and from spud to first reported production 167 days. 83.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,347 ft, versus 10,016 ft on earlier permits (+3.3%).
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.