Quick answer: Continental Resources, Inc. has 1,478 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 194 of them in the last 12 complete months (+38.6% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Grady (23.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (24.2%).
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 | 147 | 9,275 |
| 2018 | 200 | 9,554 |
| 2019 | 236 | 8,910 |
| 2020 | 61 | 9,927 |
| 2021 | 81 | 9,818 |
| 2022 | 129 | 10,882 |
| 2023 | 112 | 10,233 |
| 2024 | 176 | 10,298 |
| 2025 | 118 | 11,632 |
| 2026 | 178 | 10,112 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grady (OK) | 351 | 23.7% |
| Ward (TX) | 185 | 12.5% |
| Pecos (TX) | 161 | 10.9% |
| Blaine (OK) | 108 | 7.3% |
| Stephens (OK) | 107 | 7.2% |
| Garvin (OK) | 106 | 7.2% |
| Carter (OK) | 87 | 5.9% |
| Winkler (TX) | 83 | 5.6% |
| Reeves (TX) | 78 | 5.3% |
| Custer (OK) | 67 | 4.5% |
| All other counties | 145 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 355 | 24.2% |
| Woodford | 346 | 23.6% |
| Anadarko Basin | 306 | 20.9% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 217 | 14.8% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 163 | 11.1% |
| Barnett-Woodford | 62 | 4.2% |
| All other / unclassified | 15 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 38 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 176 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 98.7% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 83.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,987 ft vs 9,836 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.
Continental Resources, Inc. has 1,478 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 194 of them in the last 12 complete months (+38.6% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Grady (23.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (24.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 38 days and from spud to first reported production 176 days. 98.7% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,987 ft, versus 9,836 ft on earlier permits (+11.7%).
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.