Quick answer: Rfe Operating, LLC has 81 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 28 of them in the last 12 complete months (+154.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Harrison (60.5% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (74.4%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 6,480 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7,556 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8,772 |
| 2025 | 21 | 10,292 |
| 2026 | 22 | 10,229 |
| Other years combined (4 years) | 6 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Harrison (TX) | 49 | 60.5% |
| Panola (TX) | 16 | 19.8% |
| Rusk (TX) | 9 | 11.1% |
| Marion (TX) | 7 | 8.6% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| East Texas Basin | 58 | 74.4% |
| Travis Peak | 20 | 25.6% |
| Median permit → spud | 12 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 125 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 96% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 96.4% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,292 ft vs 7,016 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.
Rfe Operating, LLC has 81 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 28 of them in the last 12 complete months (+154.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Harrison (60.5% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (74.4%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 12 days and from spud to first reported production 125 days. 96% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,292 ft, versus 7,016 ft on earlier permits (+46.7%).
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.