Quick answer: Scout Energy Management LLC has 398 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 31 of them in the last 12 complete months (-16.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Moore (21.1% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (34.9%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 33 | 127 |
| 2018 | 49 | 1,979 |
| 2019 | 62 | 1,577 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,128 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2,329 |
| 2022 | 86 | 3,150 |
| 2023 | 26 | 264 |
| 2024 | 11 | 200 |
| 2025 | 42 | 215 |
| 2026 | 26 | 557 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Moore (TX) | 84 | 21.1% |
| Carter (OK) | 64 | 16.1% |
| Reeves (TX) | 61 | 15.3% |
| Texas (OK) | 49 | 12.3% |
| Nolan (TX) | 36 | 9% |
| Stonewall (TX) | 30 | 7.5% |
| Andrews (TX) | 18 | 4.5% |
| Upton (TX) | 17 | 4.3% |
| Crockett (TX) | 10 | 2.5% |
| Carson (TX) | 5 | 1.3% |
| All other counties | 24 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 117 | 34.9% |
| Anadarko Basin | 81 | 24.2% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 54 | 16.1% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 35 | 10.4% |
| Woodford | 27 | 8.1% |
| Ozona Canyon | 9 | 2.7% |
| All other / unclassified | 12 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 57 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 103 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 62.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 70.9% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 286 ft vs 1,870 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.
Scout Energy Management LLC has 398 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 31 of them in the last 12 complete months (-16.2% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Moore (21.1% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (34.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 57 days and from spud to first reported production 103 days. 62.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 286 ft, versus 1,870 ft on earlier permits (-84.7%).
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.