Quick answer: Eog Resources, Inc. has 4,294 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 302 of them in the last 12 complete months (+43.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Gonzales (17.2% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (35.5%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 515 | 6,045 |
| 2018 | 681 | 7,961 |
| 2019 | 768 | 8,557 |
| 2020 | 402 | 8,550 |
| 2021 | 350 | 8,796 |
| 2022 | 382 | 9,855 |
| 2023 | 325 | 11,006 |
| 2024 | 281 | 10,935 |
| 2025 | 230 | 11,281 |
| 2026 | 258 | 10,513 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gonzales (TX) | 739 | 17.2% |
| Karnes (TX) | 728 | 17% |
| Loving (TX) | 665 | 15.5% |
| La Salle (TX) | 462 | 10.8% |
| Reeves (TX) | 425 | 9.9% |
| Webb (TX) | 349 | 8.1% |
| Atascosa (TX) | 259 | 6% |
| Mcmullen (TX) | 247 | 5.8% |
| Mc Clain (OK) | 114 | 2.7% |
| De Witt (TX) | 95 | 2.2% |
| All other counties | 211 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 1,346 | 35.5% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 1,103 | 29.1% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 573 | 15.1% |
| Permian Basin | 381 | 10% |
| Olmos | 148 | 3.9% |
| Woodford | 108 | 2.8% |
| All other / unclassified | 135 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 38 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 140 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 85.1% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 91.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,977 ft vs 8,599 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.
Eog Resources, Inc. has 4,294 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 302 of them in the last 12 complete months (+43.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Gonzales (17.2% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (35.5%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 38 days and from spud to first reported production 140 days. 85.1% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,977 ft, versus 8,599 ft on earlier permits (+27.7%).
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.