Quick answer: Matador Production Company has 175 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (-100.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Loving (69.1% of permits) and leading target is Avalon-Bone Spring (66.2%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25 | 5,154 |
| 2018 | 34 | 6,722 |
| 2019 | 29 | 7,646 |
| 2020 | 25 | 7,340 |
| 2021 | 19 | 7,600 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9,284 |
| 2023 | 8 | 10,473 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,143 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10,100 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Loving (TX) | 121 | 69.1% |
| Winkler (TX) | 26 | 14.9% |
| Ward (TX) | 16 | 9.1% |
| La Salle (TX) | 7 | 4% |
| Karnes (TX) | 4 | 2.3% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 102 | 66.2% |
| Permian Basin | 44 | 28.6% |
| Austin Chalk | 8 | 5.2% |
| Median permit → spud | 40 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 105 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 77.1% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 79.9% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,022 ft vs 7,450 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.
Matador Production Company has 175 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (-100.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Loving (69.1% of permits) and leading target is Avalon-Bone Spring (66.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 40 days and from spud to first reported production 105 days. 77.1% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,022 ft, versus 7,450 ft on earlier permits (+34.5%).
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.