Quick answer: Texas American Resources Company has 123 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 5 of them in the last 12 complete months (-37.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is La Salle (69.1% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (53.2%).
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 | 28 | 7,945 |
| 2018 | 24 | 7,722 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10,856 |
| 2022 | 27 | 9,326 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9,574 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11,063 |
| 2025 | 8 | 12,268 |
| 2026 | 5 | — |
| Other years combined (2 years) | 5 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| La Salle (TX) | 85 | 69.1% |
| Atascosa (TX) | 31 | 25.2% |
| Frio (TX) | 6 | 4.9% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 59 | 53.2% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 52 | 46.8% |
| Median permit → spud | 21 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 112 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 90.4% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 95.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 12,084 ft vs 8,434 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.
Texas American Resources Company has 123 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 5 of them in the last 12 complete months (-37.5% year over year). Its most-permitted county is La Salle (69.1% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (53.2%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 21 days and from spud to first reported production 112 days. 90.4% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 12,084 ft, versus 8,434 ft on earlier permits (+43.3%).
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.