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Protege Energy Iii LLC Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: Protege Energy Iii LLC has 27 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Dimmit (70.4% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (50%).

0
permits, last 12 complete months
—
vs prior 12 months
27
permits, last 10 years
June 2021
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2019: 17 permits 2019 2020: 6 permits 2020
Protege Energy Iii LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
Protege Energy Iii LLC drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
201917
20206
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
201917—
20206—
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
Dimmit (TX)1970.4%
Karnes (TX)829.6%

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
Austin Chalk450%
Eagle Ford450%

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud— days
Median spud → first reported production— days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded11.1%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production0%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs — 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.

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Protege Energy Iii LLC Permits — FAQ

Protege Energy Iii LLC has 27 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Dimmit (70.4% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (50%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is — days and from spud to first reported production — days. 11.1% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

There are not enough permits with a recorded lateral length to compute a trend.

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.