Quick answer: King Operating Corporation has 33 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 9 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Ochiltree (27.3% of permits) and leading target is Anadarko Basin (41.4%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 6,026 |
| 2024 | 4 | 280 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3,844 |
| 2026 | 8 | 6,509 |
| Other years combined (2 years) | 5 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ochiltree (TX) | 9 | 27.3% |
| Harrison (TX) | 7 | 21.2% |
| Potter (TX) | 6 | 18.2% |
| Borden (TX) | 5 | 15.2% |
| Hansford (TX) | 3 | 9.1% |
| All other counties | 3 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anadarko Basin | 12 | 41.4% |
| Permian Basin | 8 | 27.6% |
| Travis Peak | 5 | 17.2% |
| All other / unclassified | 4 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 70 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 143 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 86.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 61.9% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 6,113 ft vs 4,803 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.
King Operating Corporation has 33 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 9 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Ochiltree (27.3% of permits) and leading target is Anadarko Basin (41.4%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 70 days and from spud to first reported production 143 days. 86.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 6,113 ft, versus 4,803 ft on earlier permits (+27.3%).
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.