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V & H Oil, L.P. Drilling Permit Activity

Quick answer: V & H Oil, L.P. has 28 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 4 of them in the last 12 complete months (-20.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Cooke (89.3% of permits) and leading target is South Oklahoma Folded Belt (90%).

4
permits, last 12 complete months
-20.0%
vs prior 12 months
28
permits, last 10 years
September 2026
most recent permit month

Permits by year

2018: 5 permits 2018 2022: 11 permits 2022 2025: 5 permits 2025 2026: 4 permits 2026
V & H Oil, L.P. drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits) (permits)
V & H Oil, L.P. drilling permits per year (years with 3+ permits)
Periodpermits
20185
202211
20255
20264
YearPermitsMedian lateral (ft)
20185—
202211517
20255—
20264—
Other years combined (2 years)3—

Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.

Where it permits

CountyPermitsShare
Cooke (TX)2589.3%
Montague (TX)310.7%

What it targets

Formation / playPermitsShare
South Oklahoma Folded Belt1890%
All other / unclassified2—

Permit-to-production timing

Median permit → spud31 days
Median spud → first reported production34 days
Permits older than 12 months that were spudded54.2%
Spuds older than 12 months reporting production91.7%
Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier— ft vs 491 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.

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V & H Oil, L.P. Permits — FAQ

V & H Oil, L.P. has 28 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 4 of them in the last 12 complete months (-20.0% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Cooke (89.3% of permits) and leading target is South Oklahoma Folded Belt (90%).

Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 31 days and from spud to first reported production 34 days. 54.2% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.

There are not enough permits with a recorded lateral length to compute a trend.

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.