Quick answer: Hilcorp Energy Company has 1,327 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 77 of them in the last 12 complete months (+54.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Jackson (20.6% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (48.1%).
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 | 332 | 146 |
| 2018 | 228 | 146 |
| 2019 | 269 | 146 |
| 2020 | 78 | 148 |
| 2021 | 40 | 144 |
| 2022 | 48 | 562 |
| 2023 | 77 | 125 |
| 2024 | 61 | 125 |
| 2025 | 47 | 557 |
| 2026 | 67 | 857 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson (TX) | 273 | 20.6% |
| Refugio (TX) | 249 | 18.8% |
| Andrews (TX) | 172 | 13% |
| Gaines (TX) | 84 | 6.3% |
| Freestone (TX) | 61 | 4.6% |
| Hockley (TX) | 60 | 4.5% |
| Webb (TX) | 54 | 4.1% |
| Zapata (TX) | 49 | 3.7% |
| Winkler (TX) | 42 | 3.2% |
| Crane (TX) | 36 | 2.7% |
| All other counties | 247 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 628 | 48.1% |
| Permian Basin | 350 | 26.8% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 100 | 7.7% |
| Cotton Valley | 95 | 7.3% |
| Wilcox Lobo | 95 | 7.3% |
| Vicksburg | 26 | 2% |
| All other / unclassified | 11 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 76 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 56 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 93.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 90.1% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 420 ft vs 146 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.
Hilcorp Energy Company has 1,327 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 77 of them in the last 12 complete months (+54.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Jackson (20.6% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (48.1%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 76 days and from spud to first reported production 56 days. 93.9% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 420 ft, versus 146 ft on earlier permits (+187.7%).
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.