Quick answer: Diamondback Operating, LP has 6,995 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 569 of them in the last 12 complete months (+2.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Martin (43.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (83.9%).
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 | 725 | 7,805 |
| 2018 | 853 | 7,863 |
| 2019 | 858 | 10,178 |
| 2020 | 537 | 10,366 |
| 2021 | 646 | 10,338 |
| 2022 | 793 | 10,888 |
| 2023 | 753 | 11,010 |
| 2024 | 751 | 10,896 |
| 2025 | 490 | 11,139 |
| 2026 | 460 | 11,329 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Martin (TX) | 3,054 | 43.7% |
| Midland (TX) | 1,664 | 23.8% |
| Ector (TX) | 346 | 4.9% |
| Howard (TX) | 326 | 4.7% |
| Glasscock (TX) | 318 | 4.5% |
| Pecos (TX) | 314 | 4.5% |
| Andrews (TX) | 269 | 3.8% |
| Upton (TX) | 261 | 3.7% |
| Reeves (TX) | 167 | 2.4% |
| Reagan (TX) | 120 | 1.7% |
| All other counties | 156 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 5,575 | 83.9% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 676 | 10.2% |
| Barnett-Woodford | 200 | 3% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 191 | 2.9% |
| Median permit → spud | 45 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 195 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 93.2% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 93.3% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 11,033 ft vs 10,257 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.
Diamondback Operating, LP has 6,995 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 569 of them in the last 12 complete months (+2.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Martin (43.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (83.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 45 days and from spud to first reported production 195 days. 93.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 11,033 ft, versus 10,257 ft on earlier permits (+7.6%).
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.