Quick answer: Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - Usa has 532 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 29 of them in the last 12 complete months (-23.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Dimmit (43.8% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (57.2%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 69 | 6,271 |
| 2018 | 63 | 5,967 |
| 2019 | 143 | 7,786 |
| 2020 | 64 | 5,952 |
| 2021 | 34 | 5,557 |
| 2022 | 32 | 6,923 |
| 2023 | 29 | 9,018 |
| 2024 | 24 | 6,960 |
| 2025 | 41 | 8,584 |
| 2026 | 22 | 8,374 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dimmit (TX) | 233 | 43.8% |
| Karnes (TX) | 191 | 35.9% |
| Mcmullen (TX) | 87 | 16.4% |
| Atascosa (TX) | 19 | 3.6% |
| All other counties | 2 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 250 | 57.2% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 154 | 35.2% |
| Olmos | 31 | 7.1% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 45 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 116 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 78.5% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 94.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 8,268 ft vs 6,590 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.
Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - Usa has 532 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 29 of them in the last 12 complete months (-23.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Dimmit (43.8% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (57.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 45 days and from spud to first reported production 116 days. 78.5% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 8,268 ft, versus 6,590 ft on earlier permits (+25.5%).
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.