Quick answer: Pioneer Natural Res. Usa, Inc. has 5,957 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 715 of them in the last 12 complete months (+46.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Midland (38.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (78.2%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 394 | 9,670 |
| 2018 | 595 | 9,803 |
| 2019 | 721 | 9,948 |
| 2020 | 666 | 10,180 |
| 2021 | 613 | 10,300 |
| 2022 | 669 | 11,044 |
| 2023 | 489 | 12,192 |
| 2024 | 602 | 10,548 |
| 2025 | 516 | 12,606 |
| 2026 | 621 | 11,712 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Midland (TX) | 2,305 | 38.7% |
| Martin (TX) | 1,395 | 23.4% |
| Upton (TX) | 1,013 | 17% |
| Reagan (TX) | 551 | 9.2% |
| Glasscock (TX) | 487 | 8.2% |
| Andrews (TX) | 72 | 1.2% |
| Irion (TX) | 57 | 1% |
| Howard (TX) | 27 | 0.5% |
| De Witt (TX) | 18 | 0.3% |
| Karnes (TX) | 12 | 0.2% |
| All other counties | 20 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 4,328 | 78.2% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 1,167 | 21.1% |
| Stuart City-Edwards | 26 | 0.5% |
| Olmos | 7 | 0.1% |
| Austin Chalk | 4 | 0.1% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 52 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 195 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 89.7% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 93.4% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 12,339 ft vs 10,203 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.
Pioneer Natural Res. Usa, Inc. has 5,957 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 715 of them in the last 12 complete months (+46.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Midland (38.7% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (78.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 52 days and from spud to first reported production 195 days. 89.7% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 12,339 ft, versus 10,203 ft on earlier permits (+20.9%).
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.