Quick answer: Wildfire Energy Operating LLC has 665 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 30 of them in the last 12 complete months (-18.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Burleson (53.8% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (68.6%).
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 | 138 | 6,895 |
| 2018 | 171 | 7,701 |
| 2019 | 140 | 7,970 |
| 2020 | 43 | 7,691 |
| 2021 | 17 | 8,252 |
| 2022 | 36 | 8,463 |
| 2023 | 31 | 9,460 |
| 2024 | 24 | 10,179 |
| 2025 | 29 | 10,612 |
| 2026 | 25 | 9,114 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Burleson (TX) | 358 | 53.8% |
| Brazos (TX) | 179 | 26.9% |
| Robertson (TX) | 49 | 7.4% |
| Madison (TX) | 46 | 6.9% |
| Washington (TX) | 25 | 3.8% |
| Lee (TX) | 7 | 1.1% |
| All other counties | 1 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 455 | 68.6% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 125 | 18.9% |
| Gilmer Lime | 56 | 8.4% |
| East Texas Basin | 27 | 4.1% |
| Median permit → spud | 38 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 84 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 98.9% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 95.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 9,870 ft vs 7,640 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.
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC has 665 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 30 of them in the last 12 complete months (-18.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Burleson (53.8% of permits) and leading target is Austin Chalk (68.6%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 38 days and from spud to first reported production 84 days. 98.9% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 9,870 ft, versus 7,640 ft on earlier permits (+29.2%).
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.