Quick answer: Jetta Operating Company, Inc. has 153 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 21 of them in the last 12 complete months (+600.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Ward (85% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (60.4%).
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 | 9 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 222 |
| 2019 | 7 | 466 |
| 2020 | 7 | 424 |
| 2021 | 16 | 858 |
| 2022 | 27 | 797 |
| 2023 | 32 | 319 |
| 2024 | 24 | 423 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,891 |
| 2026 | 20 | 907 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ward (TX) | 130 | 85% |
| Reeves (TX) | 14 | 9.2% |
| Grayson (TX) | 8 | 5.2% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 90 | 60.4% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 50 | 33.6% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 8 | 5.4% |
| All other / unclassified | 1 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 62 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 48 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 96.2% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 94.6% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 907 ft vs 679 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.
Jetta Operating Company, Inc. has 153 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 21 of them in the last 12 complete months (+600.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Ward (85% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (60.4%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 62 days and from spud to first reported production 48 days. 96.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 907 ft, versus 679 ft on earlier permits (+33.6%).
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.