Quick answer: Energy Transfer Company has 152 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 27 of them in the last 12 complete months (+22.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Howard (9.9% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (49.6%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 143 |
| 2018 | 5 | — |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,661 |
| 2020 | 17 | — |
| 2021 | 20 | 553 |
| 2022 | 11 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 122 |
| 2024 | 28 | 132 |
| 2025 | 20 | 117 |
| 2026 | 26 | 116 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Howard (TX) | 15 | 9.9% |
| Callahan (TX) | 14 | 9.2% |
| Chambers (TX) | 13 | 8.6% |
| Mitchell (TX) | 9 | 5.9% |
| Taylor (TX) | 9 | 5.9% |
| Navarro (TX) | 8 | 5.3% |
| Guadalupe (TX) | 7 | 4.6% |
| Knox (TX) | 6 | 3.9% |
| Culberson (TX) | 5 | 3.3% |
| Eastland (TX) | 5 | 3.3% |
| All other counties | 61 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 66 | 49.6% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 18 | 13.5% |
| East Texas Basin | 13 | 9.8% |
| Bend Arch | 12 | 9% |
| Barnett | 8 | 6% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 6 | 4.5% |
| All other / unclassified | 10 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 96 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | — days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 28% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 0% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 117 ft vs 132 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.
Energy Transfer Company has 152 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 27 of them in the last 12 complete months (+22.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Howard (9.9% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (49.6%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 96 days and from spud to first reported production — days. 28% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 117 ft, versus 132 ft on earlier permits (-11.4%).
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.