Quick answer: Wheeler Operating Corporation has 17 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Madison (94.1% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (58.8%).
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 780 |
| 2019 | 3 | — |
| Other years combined (7 years) | 10 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madison (TX) | 16 | 94.1% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 10 | 58.8% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 7 | 41.2% |
| Median permit → spud | 13 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 209 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 94.1% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 81.3% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | — ft vs 780 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.
Wheeler Operating Corporation has 17 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 0 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Madison (94.1% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (58.8%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 13 days and from spud to first reported production 209 days. 94.1% 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.