Quick answer: Iron Orchard Operating LLC has 43 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 15 of them in the last 12 complete months (-31.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Ward (53.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (97.7%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 10,237 |
| 2025 | 25 | 10,201 |
| 2026 | 12 | 7,745 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ward (TX) | 23 | 53.5% |
| Reagan (TX) | 8 | 18.6% |
| Upton (TX) | 8 | 18.6% |
| Winkler (TX) | 4 | 9.3% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 42 | 97.7% |
| All other / unclassified | 1 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 17 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 153 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 67.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 72.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,192 ft vs 10,237 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.
Iron Orchard Operating LLC has 43 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 15 of them in the last 12 complete months (-31.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Ward (53.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (97.7%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 17 days and from spud to first reported production 153 days. 67.9% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,192 ft, versus 10,237 ft on earlier permits (-0.4%).
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.