Quick answer: Surge Operating, LLC has 960 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 65 of them in the last 12 complete months (+58.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Howard (69.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).
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 | 72 | 9,391 |
| 2018 | 239 | 8,013 |
| 2019 | 183 | 7,812 |
| 2020 | 48 | 7,535 |
| 2021 | 72 | 11,705 |
| 2022 | 81 | 11,317 |
| 2023 | 70 | 10,787 |
| 2024 | 75 | 10,551 |
| 2025 | 49 | 10,079 |
| 2026 | 49 | 11,110 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Howard (TX) | 667 | 69.5% |
| Borden (TX) | 226 | 23.5% |
| Crosby (TX) | 57 | 5.9% |
| Gaines (TX) | 7 | 0.7% |
| Dawson (TX) | 3 | 0.3% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 874 | 100% |
| Median permit → spud | 43 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 107 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 88.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 92.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,133 ft vs 9,956 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.
Surge Operating, LLC has 960 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 65 of them in the last 12 complete months (+58.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Howard (69.5% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (100%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 43 days and from spud to first reported production 107 days. 88.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,133 ft, versus 9,956 ft on earlier permits (+1.8%).
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.