Quick answer: Exco Operating Company, LP has 165 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (+9.1% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Zavala (73.9% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (45.5%).
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 | 5 | 7,140 |
| 2018 | 16 | 8,030 |
| 2019 | 36 | 7,479 |
| 2020 | 17 | 9,878 |
| 2021 | 18 | 9,674 |
| 2022 | 31 | 9,197 |
| 2023 | 12 | 9,643 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,289 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9,359 |
| 2026 | 15 | 10,817 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zavala (TX) | 122 | 73.9% |
| Nacogdoches (TX) | 24 | 14.5% |
| Frio (TX) | 13 | 7.9% |
| All other counties | 6 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 61 | 45.5% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 49 | 36.6% |
| East Texas Basin | 24 | 17.9% |
| Median permit → spud | 62 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 133 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 81.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 96.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,156 ft vs 8,796 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.
Exco Operating Company, LP has 165 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (+9.1% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Zavala (73.9% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (45.5%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 62 days and from spud to first reported production 133 days. 81.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,156 ft, versus 8,796 ft on earlier permits (+15.5%).
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.