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Nodding Donkey Production Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Nodding Donkey Production has 5 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 5 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Pottawatomie (80% of permits) and leading target is Chautauqua Platform (80%).

5
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
5
permits, last 10 years
August 2026
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2026: 5 permits 2026
Nodding Donkey Production drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Nodding Donkey Production drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20265
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20265—

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Pottawatomie (OK)480%
All other counties1—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Chautauqua Platform480%
All other / unclassified1—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud— days
Median spud → first reported production— days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded—
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production—
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— 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 2026-09-29.

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Nodding Donkey Production Permits — FAQ

Nodding Donkey Production has 5 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 5 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Pottawatomie (80% of permits) and leading target is Chautauqua Platform (80%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is — days and from spud to first reported production — days.

There are not enough permits with a recorded lateral length to compute a trend.

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.