Quick answer: Walker Operating Company has 67 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 11 of them in the last 12 complete months (+57.1% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Williamson (23.9% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (41.1%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 106 |
| 2022 | 29 | 108 |
| 2023 | 6 | — |
| 2025 | 7 | — |
| 2026 | 12 | — |
| Other years combined (3 years) | 7 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Williamson (TX) | 16 | 23.9% |
| Navarro (TX) | 12 | 17.9% |
| Trinity (TX) | 11 | 16.4% |
| Kaufman (TX) | 7 | 10.4% |
| Milam (TX) | 7 | 10.4% |
| Bell (TX) | 3 | 4.5% |
| Cherokee (TX) | 3 | 4.5% |
| All other counties | 8 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| East Texas Basin | 23 | 41.1% |
| Ouachita Folded Belt | 15 | 26.8% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 13 | 23.2% |
| Austin Chalk | 5 | 8.9% |
| Median permit → spud | 42 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 186 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 10.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 50% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | — ft vs 108 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.
Walker Operating Company has 67 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 11 of them in the last 12 complete months (+57.1% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Williamson (23.9% of permits) and leading target is East Texas Basin (41.1%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 42 days and from spud to first reported production 186 days. 10.9% 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.