Quick answer: Noble Energy Inc has 378 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 5 of them in the last 12 complete months (-44.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (100% of permits) and leading target is Avalon-Bone Spring (84.7%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 49 | 9,720 |
| 2018 | 97 | 9,894 |
| 2019 | 136 | 8,394 |
| 2020 | 39 | 7,625 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,860 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12,454 |
| 2023 | 13 | 10,072 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,908 |
| 2025 | 8 | 14,652 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7,386 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reeves (TX) | 378 | 100% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 271 | 84.7% |
| Permian Basin | 49 | 15.3% |
| Median permit → spud | 50 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 172 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 79.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 86.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,298 ft vs 8,966 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.
Noble Energy Inc has 378 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 5 of them in the last 12 complete months (-44.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (100% of permits) and leading target is Avalon-Bone Spring (84.7%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 50 days and from spud to first reported production 172 days. 79.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,298 ft, versus 8,966 ft on earlier permits (+14.9%).
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.