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Kek Exploration LLC Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Kek Exploration LLC has 10 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 2 of them in the last 12 complete months (-60.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Sterling (60% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).

2
permits, last 12 complete months
-60.0%
vs prior 12 months
10
permits, last 10 years
June 2026
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2025: 5 permits 2025
Kek Exploration LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Kek Exploration LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20255
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20255842
Other years combined (2 years)3—

Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Sterling (TX)660%
Mitchell (TX)440%

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Permian Basin10100%

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud32 days
Median spud → first reported production29 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded100%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production100%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier939 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 2026-10-25.

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Kek Exploration LLC Permits — FAQ

Kek Exploration LLC has 10 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 2 of them in the last 12 complete months (-60.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Sterling (60% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 32 days and from spud to first reported production 29 days. 100% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 939 ft.

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.