Quick answer: Exxon Mobil Corporation has 57 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 18 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Jefferson (29.8% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (43.9%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15 | 131 |
| 2018 | 4 | — |
| 2023 | 3 | — |
| 2024 | 10 | 119 |
| 2026 | 20 | 635 |
| 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.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson (TX) | 17 | 29.8% |
| Seminole (OK) | 13 | 22.8% |
| Liberty (TX) | 5 | 8.8% |
| Creek (OK) | 4 | 7% |
| All other counties | 18 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 25 | 43.9% |
| Chautauqua Platform | 15 | 26.3% |
| Austin Chalk | 6 | 10.5% |
| Excello-Mulky | 3 | 5.3% |
| Gulf Coast Basin | 3 | 5.3% |
| All other / unclassified | 5 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 55 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | — days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 51.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 31.6% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | — ft vs 122 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.
Exxon Mobil Corporation has 57 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 18 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Jefferson (29.8% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (43.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 55 days and from spud to first reported production — days. 51.4% 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.