Quick answer: Upcurve Energy, LLC has 79 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 3 of them in the last 12 complete months (-85.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (100% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (59.3%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 10,240 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,059 |
| 2019 | 18 | 153 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9,619 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,249 |
| 2025 | 14 | 8,462 |
| Other years combined (2 years) | 4 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reeves (TX) | 79 | 100% |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 35 | 59.3% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 24 | 40.7% |
| Median permit → spud | 122 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 185 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 52.6% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 21.1% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 8,470 ft vs 6,648 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.
Upcurve Energy, LLC has 79 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 3 of them in the last 12 complete months (-85.7% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Reeves (100% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (59.3%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 122 days and from spud to first reported production 185 days. 52.6% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 8,470 ft, versus 6,648 ft on earlier permits (+27.4%).
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.