Quick answer: Ddd Exploration, Inc. has 23 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 1 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Hartley (87% of permits) and leading target is Palo Duro Basin (100%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 210 |
| 2019 | 3 | — |
| 2020 | 4 | — |
| 2022 | 4 | — |
| 2024 | 3 | — |
| Other years combined (4 years) | 6 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hartley (TX) | 20 | 87% |
| All other counties | 3 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Duro Basin | 19 | 100% |
| Median permit → spud | 44 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 43 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 72.7% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 88.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 371 ft vs 136 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.
Ddd Exploration, Inc. has 23 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 1 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Hartley (87% of permits) and leading target is Palo Duro Basin (100%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 44 days and from spud to first reported production 43 days. 72.7% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 371 ft, versus 136 ft on earlier permits (+172.8%).
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.