Quick answer: Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC has 751 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 52 of them in the last 12 complete months (-49.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Howard (71.2% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).
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 | 28 | 333 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,062 |
| 2019 | 24 | 10,344 |
| 2020 | 33 | 11,026 |
| 2021 | 78 | 11,069 |
| 2022 | 207 | 10,948 |
| 2023 | 98 | 10,922 |
| 2024 | 136 | 10,446 |
| 2025 | 89 | 10,083 |
| 2026 | 36 | 11,006 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Howard (TX) | 535 | 71.2% |
| Borden (TX) | 199 | 26.5% |
| Mitchell (TX) | 9 | 1.2% |
| Scurry (TX) | 8 | 1.1% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 685 | 100% |
| Median permit → spud | 19 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 160 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 79.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 81.6% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,981 ft vs 10,502 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.
Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC has 751 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 52 of them in the last 12 complete months (-49.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Howard (71.2% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 19 days and from spud to first reported production 160 days. 79.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,981 ft, versus 10,502 ft on earlier permits (+4.6%).
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.