Quick answer: Ovintiv Usa Inc. has 1,953 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 234 of them in the last 12 complete months (+47.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Martin (34.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (74.5%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 175 | 8,202 |
| 2018 | 135 | 8,720 |
| 2019 | 248 | 8,954 |
| 2020 | 170 | 10,295 |
| 2021 | 229 | 11,452 |
| 2022 | 233 | 10,826 |
| 2023 | 166 | 10,735 |
| 2024 | 202 | 10,411 |
| 2025 | 167 | 11,502 |
| 2026 | 205 | 9,794 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Martin (TX) | 677 | 34.7% |
| Midland (TX) | 361 | 18.5% |
| Howard (TX) | 282 | 14.4% |
| Upton (TX) | 202 | 10.3% |
| Andrews (TX) | 167 | 8.6% |
| Kingfisher (OK) | 97 | 5% |
| Glasscock (TX) | 40 | 2% |
| Canadian (OK) | 35 | 1.8% |
| Ector (TX) | 30 | 1.5% |
| Grady (OK) | 15 | 0.8% |
| All other counties | 47 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 1,368 | 74.5% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 281 | 15.3% |
| Woodford | 122 | 6.6% |
| Anadarko Basin | 45 | 2.4% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 16 | 0.9% |
| All other / unclassified | 5 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 33 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 132 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 88.6% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 88.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,313 ft vs 10,099 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.
Ovintiv Usa Inc. has 1,953 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 234 of them in the last 12 complete months (+47.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Martin (34.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (74.5%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 33 days and from spud to first reported production 132 days. 88.6% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,313 ft, versus 10,099 ft on earlier permits (+2.1%).
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.