Quick answer: Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC has 255 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 46 of them in the last 12 complete months (+187.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Yoakum (98% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (94.9%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 5,622 |
| 2018 | 26 | 6,036 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,500 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,464 |
| 2021 | 60 | 6,299 |
| 2022 | 23 | 8,279 |
| 2023 | 17 | 7,639 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,926 |
| 2025 | 22 | 7,128 |
| 2026 | 38 | 6,880 |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 203 | 94.9% |
| Morrow | 6 | 2.8% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 3 | 1.4% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 37 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 78 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 75.2% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 81.6% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 6,192 ft vs 7,293 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.
Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC has 255 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 46 of them in the last 12 complete months (+187.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Yoakum (98% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (94.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 37 days and from spud to first reported production 78 days. 75.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 6,192 ft, versus 7,293 ft on earlier permits (-15.1%).
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.