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Houston Exploration Co The Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Houston Exploration Co The has 3 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year).

0
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
3
permits, last 10 years
November 2019
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2019: 3 permits 2019
Houston Exploration Co The drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Houston Exploration Co The drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20193
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20193—

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
All other counties3—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
All other / unclassified1—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud— days
Median spud → first reported production— days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded33.3%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production—
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs — 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.

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Houston Exploration Co The Permits — FAQ

Houston Exploration Co The has 3 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is — days and from spud to first reported production — days. 33.3% 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.