(817) 370-0612

Dakota Exploration LLC Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Dakota Exploration LLC has 10 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 3 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Noble (100% of permits) and leading target is Chautauqua Platform (100%).

3
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
10
permits, last 10 years
June 2026
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2023: 5 permits 2023
Dakota Exploration LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Dakota Exploration LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20235
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20235764
Other years combined (3 years)5—

Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Noble (OK)10100%

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Chautauqua Platform10100%

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud— days
Median spud → first reported production46 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded71.4%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production42.9%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs 764 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.

Using this page

Dakota Exploration LLC Permits — FAQ

Dakota Exploration LLC has 10 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 3 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Noble (100% of permits) and leading target is Chautauqua Platform (100%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is — days and from spud to first reported production 46 days. 71.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

There are not enough permits with a recorded lateral length to compute a trend.

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.