Quick answer: Xto Energy Inc. has 2,915 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 64 of them in the last 12 complete months (-52.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Midland (32.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (44.9%).
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 | 256 | 9,675 |
| 2018 | 396 | 10,682 |
| 2019 | 779 | 11,030 |
| 2020 | 312 | 10,898 |
| 2021 | 255 | 11,150 |
| 2022 | 296 | 11,085 |
| 2023 | 178 | 10,336 |
| 2024 | 197 | 11,737 |
| 2025 | 175 | 11,370 |
| 2026 | 9 | 15,515 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Midland (TX) | 942 | 32.3% |
| Martin (TX) | 526 | 18% |
| Glasscock (TX) | 179 | 6.1% |
| Loving (TX) | 165 | 5.7% |
| Pecos (TX) | 158 | 5.4% |
| La Salle (TX) | 129 | 4.4% |
| Upton (TX) | 101 | 3.5% |
| San Augustine (TX) | 94 | 3.2% |
| Shelby (TX) | 76 | 2.6% |
| Reagan (TX) | 71 | 2.4% |
| All other counties | 474 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permian Basin | 1,131 | 44.9% |
| Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert | 599 | 23.8% |
| Avalon-Bone Spring | 254 | 10.1% |
| Austin Chalk | 182 | 7.2% |
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 88 | 3.5% |
| East Texas Basin | 75 | 3% |
| All other / unclassified | 191 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 65 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 291 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 79.8% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 81.1% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 11,370 ft vs 10,835 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.
Xto Energy Inc. has 2,915 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 64 of them in the last 12 complete months (-52.9% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Midland (32.3% of permits) and leading target is Permian Basin (44.9%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 65 days and from spud to first reported production 291 days. 79.8% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 11,370 ft, versus 10,835 ft on earlier permits (+4.9%).
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.