Quick answer: Hamilton, Clay has 17 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 2 of them in the last 12 complete months (-33.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Dimmit (70.6% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (68.8%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 141 |
| 2023 | 3 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 9,950 |
| Other years combined (5 years) | 7 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 11 | 68.8% |
| Eagle Ford | 5 | 31.3% |
| Median permit → spud | 26 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 209 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 86.7% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 69.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 9,809 ft vs 300 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.
Hamilton, Clay has 17 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 2 of them in the last 12 complete months (-33.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Dimmit (70.6% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (68.8%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 26 days and from spud to first reported production 209 days. 86.7% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 9,809 ft, versus 300 ft on earlier permits (+3169.7%).
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.