Quick answer: Discovery Operating, Inc. has 181 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 20 of them in the last 12 complete months (+81.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Midland (74% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (66.2%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 9,474 |
| 2018 | 13 | 138 |
| 2019 | 7 | 8,394 |
| 2020 | 17 | 9,465 |
| 2021 | 26 | 8,784 |
| 2022 | 40 | 10,352 |
| 2023 | 28 | 11,160 |
| 2024 | 16 | 8,520 |
| 2025 | 9 | 11,170 |
| 2026 | 19 | 9,129 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Midland (TX) | 134 | 74% |
| Upton (TX) | 32 | 17.7% |
| Schleicher (TX) | 6 | 3.3% |
| Martin (TX) | 3 | 1.7% |
| Mcculloch (TX) | 3 | 1.7% |
| All other counties | 3 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 100 | 66.2% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 43 | 28.5% |
| Ozona Canyon | 5 | 3.3% |
| Llano Uplift | 3 | 2% |
| Median permit → spud | 20 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 226 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 82% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 94% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 9,129 ft vs 9,477 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.
Discovery Operating, Inc. has 181 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 20 of them in the last 12 complete months (+81.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Midland (74% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (66.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 20 days and from spud to first reported production 226 days. 82% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 9,129 ft, versus 9,477 ft on earlier permits (-3.7%).
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.