Quick answer: Discovery Natural Resources LLC has 328 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 36 of them in the last 12 complete months (-42.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reagan (81.4% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29 | 10,231 |
| 2018 | 60 | 11,278 |
| 2019 | 24 | 13,145 |
| 2020 | 25 | 11,022 |
| 2021 | 17 | 11,139 |
| 2022 | 16 | 10,799 |
| 2023 | 34 | 13,150 |
| 2024 | 22 | 13,078 |
| 2025 | 70 | 12,035 |
| 2026 | 24 | 10,650 |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 303 | 100% |
| Median permit → spud | 24 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 183 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 88.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 93.8% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 11,974 ft vs 11,483 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.
Discovery Natural Resources LLC has 328 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 36 of them in the last 12 complete months (-42.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reagan (81.4% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 24 days and from spud to first reported production 183 days. 88.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 11,974 ft, versus 11,483 ft on earlier permits (+4.3%).
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.