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Earthstone Operating, LLC Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Earthstone Operating, LLC has 21 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reagan (47.6% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (75%).

0
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
21
permits, last 10 years
October 2023
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2018: 4 permits 2018 2019: 7 permits 2019 2020: 3 permits 2020
Earthstone Operating, LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Earthstone Operating, LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20184
20197
20203
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20184—
201976,436
20203—
Other years combined (4 years)7—

Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Reagan (TX)1047.6%
Upton (TX)942.9%
All other counties2—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Permian Basin1275%
Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert425%

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud419 days
Median spud → first reported production— days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded71.4%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production0%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs 7,068 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.

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Earthstone Operating, LLC Permits — FAQ

Earthstone Operating, LLC has 21 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reagan (47.6% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (75%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 419 days and from spud to first reported production — days. 71.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

There are not enough permits with a recorded lateral length to compute a trend.

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.