Quick answer: Eckard Operating, LLC has 35 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 11 of them in the last 12 complete months (-15.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Mc Clain (65.7% of permits) and leading target is Chautauqua Platform (62.9%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 6,203 |
| 2023 | 4 | 11,205 |
| 2025 | 18 | 8,963 |
| 2026 | 7 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chautauqua Platform | 22 | 62.9% |
| Anadarko Basin | 8 | 22.9% |
| Woodford | 5 | 14.3% |
| Median permit → spud | 39 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 173 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 96.2% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 55% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 8,355 ft vs 7,879 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.
Eckard Operating, LLC has 35 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 11 of them in the last 12 complete months (-15.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Mc Clain (65.7% of permits) and leading target is Chautauqua Platform (62.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 39 days and from spud to first reported production 173 days. 96.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 8,355 ft, versus 7,879 ft on earlier permits (+6.0%).
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.