Quick answer: Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation has 78 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Harrison (42.3% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (56%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | — |
| 2019 | 12 | — |
| 2020 | 19 | — |
| 2022 | 14 | — |
| 2026 | 14 | 10,145 |
| Other years combined (2 years) | 8 | — |
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) | 33 | 42.3% |
| Panola (TX) | 22 | 28.2% |
| Upshur (TX) | 9 | 11.5% |
| Rusk (TX) | 7 | 9% |
| Smith (TX) | 3 | 3.8% |
| All other counties | 4 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| East Texas Basin | 14 | 56% |
| Travis Peak | 9 | 36% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 431 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 32 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 17.2% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 63.6% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 9,543 ft vs 418 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.
Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation has 78 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Harrison (42.3% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (56%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 431 days and from spud to first reported production 32 days. 17.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 9,543 ft, versus 418 ft on earlier permits (+2183.0%).
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.