Quick answer: Permian Resources Operating, LLC has 1,570 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 104 of them in the last 12 complete months (-8.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (51.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (64.7%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 194 | 9,410 |
| 2018 | 294 | 9,906 |
| 2019 | 283 | 10,173 |
| 2020 | 94 | 8,216 |
| 2021 | 113 | 10,098 |
| 2022 | 89 | 10,382 |
| 2023 | 165 | 10,174 |
| 2024 | 98 | 10,545 |
| 2025 | 121 | 10,323 |
| 2026 | 90 | 10,782 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reeves (TX) | 805 | 51.3% |
| Reagan (TX) | 305 | 19.4% |
| Irion (TX) | 144 | 9.2% |
| Ward (TX) | 91 | 5.8% |
| Culberson (TX) | 49 | 3.1% |
| Midland (TX) | 45 | 2.9% |
| Loving (TX) | 42 | 2.7% |
| Upton (TX) | 40 | 2.5% |
| Ector (TX) | 27 | 1.7% |
| Winkler (TX) | 19 | 1.2% |
| All other counties | 3 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 1,010 | 64.7% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 509 | 32.6% |
| Morrow | 23 | 1.5% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 18 | 1.2% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 23 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 132 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 99.1% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 94.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,553 ft vs 9,990 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.
Permian Resources Operating, LLC has 1,570 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 104 of them in the last 12 complete months (-8.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (51.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (64.7%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 23 days and from spud to first reported production 132 days. 99.1% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,553 ft, versus 9,990 ft on earlier permits (+5.6%).
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.