Quick answer: Verdun Oil & Gas LLC has 429 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 34 of them in the last 12 complete months (-24.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is La Salle (30.1% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (53.9%).
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 | 38 | 7,455 |
| 2018 | 49 | 8,685 |
| 2019 | 48 | 7,833 |
| 2020 | 34 | 6,933 |
| 2021 | 41 | 8,660 |
| 2022 | 67 | 7,580 |
| 2023 | 29 | 9,216 |
| 2024 | 35 | 7,986 |
| 2025 | 48 | 9,865 |
| 2026 | 35 | 10,510 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| La Salle (TX) | 129 | 30.1% |
| Dimmit (TX) | 70 | 16.3% |
| Live Oak (TX) | 53 | 12.4% |
| Mcmullen (TX) | 52 | 12.1% |
| Karnes (TX) | 45 | 10.5% |
| De Witt (TX) | 26 | 6.1% |
| Gonzales (TX) | 19 | 4.4% |
| Austin (TX) | 15 | 3.5% |
| Atascosa (TX) | 9 | 2.1% |
| Fayette (TX) | 5 | 1.2% |
| All other counties | 6 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 202 | 53.9% |
| Austin Chalk | 89 | 23.7% |
| Olmos | 57 | 15.2% |
| Eagle Ford | 27 | 7.2% |
| Median permit → spud | 19 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 135 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 87.8% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 95% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,153 ft vs 7,950 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.
Verdun Oil & Gas LLC has 429 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 34 of them in the last 12 complete months (-24.4% year over year). Its most-permitted county is La Salle (30.1% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (53.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 19 days and from spud to first reported production 135 days. 87.8% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,153 ft, versus 7,950 ft on earlier permits (+27.7%).
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.