Quick answer: Whitehead Resources, Ltd. has 52 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Hardin (48.1% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (100%).
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 | 9 | — |
| 2018 | 4 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | — |
| 2021 | 4 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | — |
| 2024 | 3 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | — |
| 2026 | 11 | 206 |
| Other years combined (2 years) | 3 | — |
Years with fewer than three permits are combined with at least one other year, so no single year's count is published.
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 45 | 100% |
| Median permit → spud | 33 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 31 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 68.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 77.8% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 178 ft vs 235 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.
Whitehead Resources, Ltd. has 52 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 12 of them in the last 12 complete months (— year over year). Its most-permitted county is Hardin (48.1% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (100%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 33 days and from spud to first reported production 31 days. 68.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 178 ft, versus 235 ft on earlier permits (-24.3%).
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.