Quick answer: Vital Energy, Inc. has 62 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 18 of them in the last 12 complete months (+63.6% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Glasscock (40.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (91.9%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 10,211 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10,250 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9,878 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8,158 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,328 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,081 |
| 2025 | 22 | 10,185 |
| 2026 | 4 | — |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Glasscock (TX) | 25 | 40.3% |
| Upton (TX) | 11 | 17.7% |
| Ward (TX) | 10 | 16.1% |
| Reeves (TX) | 8 | 12.9% |
| Reagan (TX) | 6 | 9.7% |
| All other counties | 2 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 57 | 91.9% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 3 | 4.8% |
| All other / unclassified | 2 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 55 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 118 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 73.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 23.5% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 10,220 ft vs 8,244 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.
Vital Energy, Inc. has 62 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 18 of them in the last 12 complete months (+63.6% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Glasscock (40.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (91.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 55 days and from spud to first reported production 118 days. 73.9% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 10,220 ft, versus 8,244 ft on earlier permits (+24.0%).
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.