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Petroplex Energy Inc. Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Petroplex Energy Inc. has 56 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 22 of them in the last 12 complete months (+46.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (33.9% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (98.2%).

22
permits, last 12 complete months
+46.7%
vs prior 12 months
56
permits, last 10 years
August 2026
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2023: 4 permits 2023 2024: 11 permits 2024 2025: 21 permits 2025 2026: 16 permits 2026
Petroplex Energy Inc. drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Petroplex Energy Inc. drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20234
202411
202521
202616
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
202345,223
2024118,306
2025218,717
2026166,812
Other years combined (2 years)4—

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
Reeves (TX)1933.9%
Midland (TX)1730.4%
Borden (TX)1425%
Martin (TX)47.1%
All other counties2—

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Permian Basin5598.2%
All other / unclassified1—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud39 days
Median spud → first reported production217 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded91.2%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production92.3%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier7,928 ft vs 8,301 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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Petroplex Energy Inc. Permits — FAQ

Petroplex Energy Inc. has 56 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 22 of them in the last 12 complete months (+46.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (33.9% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (98.2%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 39 days and from spud to first reported production 217 days. 91.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 7,928 ft, versus 8,301 ft on earlier permits (-4.5%).

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.