Quick answer: Firebird Energy Ii LLC has 289 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 86 of them in the last 12 complete months (+36.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Upton (73% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (79.3%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | — |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,773 |
| 2021 | 28 | 15,627 |
| 2022 | 19 | 10,108 |
| 2023 | 35 | 11,772 |
| 2024 | 45 | 10,949 |
| 2025 | 86 | 10,419 |
| 2026 | 61 | 10,252 |
| Other years combined (2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Upton (TX) | 211 | 73% |
| Midland (TX) | 39 | 13.5% |
| Ector (TX) | 27 | 9.3% |
| Borden (TX) | 12 | 4.2% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 219 | 79.3% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 57 | 20.7% |
| Median permit → spud | 44 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 229 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 95% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 96.5% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,419 ft vs 11,479 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.
Firebird Energy Ii LLC has 289 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 86 of them in the last 12 complete months (+36.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Upton (73% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (79.3%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 44 days and from spud to first reported production 229 days. 95% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,419 ft, versus 11,479 ft on earlier permits (-9.2%).
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.