Quick answer: Validus Energy Ii Midcon LLC has 948 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 56 of them in the last 12 complete months (+33.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Canadian (26.4% of permits) and leading target is Woodford (45.8%).
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 | 157 | 7,291 |
| 2018 | 254 | 7,852 |
| 2019 | 125 | 8,927 |
| 2020 | 37 | 7,768 |
| 2021 | 79 | 7,835 |
| 2022 | 102 | 7,906 |
| 2023 | 32 | 10,422 |
| 2024 | 37 | 10,714 |
| 2025 | 44 | 10,125 |
| 2026 | 43 | 14,753 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian (OK) | 250 | 26.4% |
| Grady (OK) | 208 | 21.9% |
| Blaine (OK) | 155 | 16.4% |
| Mc Clain (OK) | 112 | 11.8% |
| Garvin (OK) | 111 | 11.7% |
| Custer (OK) | 38 | 4% |
| Kingfisher (OK) | 26 | 2.7% |
| Major (OK) | 19 | 2% |
| Logan (OK) | 10 | 1.1% |
| Woods (OK) | 5 | 0.5% |
| All other counties | 14 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Woodford | 434 | 45.8% |
| Anadarko Basin | 349 | 36.8% |
| Chautauqua Platform | 82 | 8.6% |
| South Oklahoma Folded Belt | 78 | 8.2% |
| Red Fork | 5 | 0.5% |
| Median permit → spud | 23 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 123 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 99.6% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 97.8% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,704 ft vs 8,121 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.
Validus Energy Ii Midcon LLC has 948 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 56 of them in the last 12 complete months (+33.3% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Canadian (26.4% of permits) and leading target is Woodford (45.8%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 23 days and from spud to first reported production 123 days. 99.6% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,704 ft, versus 8,121 ft on earlier permits (+31.8%).
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.