Quick answer: Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. has 1,214 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 118 of them in the last 12 complete months (+4.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Karnes (31.5% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (31.1%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 212 | 5,788 |
| 2018 | 148 | 7,697 |
| 2019 | 118 | 6,363 |
| 2020 | 41 | 6,239 |
| 2021 | 86 | 8,265 |
| 2022 | 151 | 8,295 |
| 2023 | 130 | 7,146 |
| 2024 | 84 | 7,638 |
| 2025 | 114 | 7,483 |
| 2026 | 105 | 7,915 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karnes (TX) | 382 | 31.5% |
| De Witt (TX) | 280 | 23.1% |
| Blaine (OK) | 226 | 18.6% |
| Canadian (OK) | 152 | 12.5% |
| Kingfisher (OK) | 131 | 10.8% |
| Custer (OK) | 13 | 1.1% |
| Wise (TX) | 7 | 0.6% |
| Caddo (OK) | 6 | 0.5% |
| Denton (TX) | 5 | 0.4% |
| Dewey (OK) | 3 | 0.2% |
| All other counties | 9 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 369 | 31.1% |
| Anadarko Basin | 317 | 26.8% |
| Austin Chalk | 225 | 19% |
| Woodford | 214 | 18.1% |
| Stuart City-Edwards | 37 | 3.1% |
| Eagle Ford | 9 | 0.8% |
| All other / unclassified | 14 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 58 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 137 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 97.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 93.4% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 7,619 ft vs 6,859 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.
Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. has 1,214 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 118 of them in the last 12 complete months (+4.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Karnes (31.5% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (31.1%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 58 days and from spud to first reported production 137 days. 97.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 7,619 ft, versus 6,859 ft on earlier permits (+11.1%).
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.