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Esco Oil Operating Company LLC Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Esco Oil Operating Company LLC has 32 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 Motley (46.9% of permits) and leading target is Bend (38.5%).

0
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
32
permits, last 10 years
August 2025
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2018: 5 permits 2018 2020: 4 permits 2020 2021: 7 permits 2021 2022: 6 permits 2022 2023: 4 permits 2023
Esco Oil Operating Company LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Esco Oil Operating Company LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20185
20204
20217
20226
20234
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20185—
20204—
20217140
20226167
20234—
Other years combined (3 years)5—

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
Motley (TX)1546.9%
Maverick (TX)1443.8%
All other counties3—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Bend1038.5%
Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx)934.6%
Permian Basin311.5%
All other / unclassified4—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud11 days
Median spud → first reported production161 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded34.4%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production45.5%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs 141 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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Esco Oil Operating Company LLC Permits — FAQ

Esco Oil Operating Company LLC has 32 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 Motley (46.9% of permits) and leading target is Bend (38.5%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 11 days and from spud to first reported production 161 days. 34.4% 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.