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Petex Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Petex has 29 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (-100.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Stephens (34.5% of permits) and leading target is Barnett (51.7%).

0
permits, last 12 complete months
-100.0%
vs prior 12 months
29
permits, last 10 years
September 2025
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2017: 11 permits 2017 2018: 4 permits 2018 2019: 5 permits 2019 2024: 3 permits 2024 2025: 3 permits 2025
Petex drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Petex drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
201711
20184
20195
20243
20253
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
201711115
20184114
20195—
20243—
20253114
Other years combined (2 years)3—

Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Stephens (TX)1034.5%
Callahan (TX)517.2%
Throckmorton (TX)413.8%
All other counties10—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Barnett1551.7%
Bend Arch620.7%
Permian Basin620.7%
All other / unclassified2—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud33 days
Median spud → first reported production32 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded62.1%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production88.9%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier114 ft vs 115 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 2026-10-18.

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Petex Permits — FAQ

Petex has 29 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (-100.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Stephens (34.5% of permits) and leading target is Barnett (51.7%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 33 days and from spud to first reported production 32 days. 62.1% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 114 ft, versus 115 ft on earlier permits (-0.9%).

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.