Quick answer: Upp Operating, LLC has 48 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 17 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Sutton (56.3% of permits) and leading target is Ozona Canyon (52.1%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 6,428 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7,020 |
| 2019 | 5 | 134 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,529 |
| 2024 | 3 | — |
| 2025 | 13 | 132 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4,701 |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ozona Canyon | 25 | 52.1% |
| Barnett | 16 | 33.3% |
| Strawn Basin | 5 | 10.4% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 30 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 34 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 96.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 93.2% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 133 ft vs 4,879 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.
Upp Operating, LLC has 48 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 17 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Sutton (56.3% of permits) and leading target is Ozona Canyon (52.1%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 30 days and from spud to first reported production 34 days. 96.9% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 133 ft, versus 4,879 ft on earlier permits (-97.3%).
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.