How do Pioneer Natural Resources and Scout Energy Management compare?

This page presents a side-by-side view of public regulatory data for Pioneer Natural Resources and Scout Energy Management: well counts, top operating formations and counties, trailing-12-month oil and gas production, recent permit activity, and average lateral length. The data is sourced from state regulators (Texas RRC, Oklahoma OCC, etc.) and is informational — it is not an endorsement of either operator.

Where do Pioneer Natural Resources and Scout Energy Management overlap?

The two operators have operational overlap in the following formations: Thirty-one Carbonate-Chert. They also share active operations in UPTON. See the comparison page for the full overlap breakdown.

Which operator is larger, Pioneer Natural Resources or Scout Energy Management?

Relative size depends on metric — total well count, active wells, trailing-12-month production, or trailing-12-month permit activity. The side-by-side panels on this page give the exact numbers for each metric so the comparison is unambiguous.

Pioneer Natural Resources vs Scout Energy Management

Side-by-side comparison of two oil and gas operators in AK,CO,KS,LA,MS,MT,ND,NM,OK,TX,UT,WY and CO,KS,MT,ND,NM,OK,TX,UT. Drawn from public well data and state-regulator production filings.

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Pioneer Natural Resources

AK,CO,KS,LA,MS,MT,ND,NM,OK,TX,UT,WY · 20,427 wells on file

Scout Energy Management

CO,KS,MT,ND,NM,OK,TX,UT · 21,558 wells on file

Side-by-Side Statistics

Metric	Pioneer Natural Resources	Scout Energy Management
Total wells	20,427	21,558
Wells producing (any time)	16,672	19,776
Permits filed (last 24 months)	1,195	118
Most recent permit date	2026-07-07	2026-07-08
Most recent spud date	2026-06-30	2026-04-22
Average lateral length (ft)	8,551	1,797
Top formation	Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert	Anadarko Basin
Top county	Midland	Crockett
States operating in	AK,CO,KS,LA,MS,MT,ND,NM,OK,TX,UT,WY	CO,KS,MT,ND,NM,OK,TX,UT
Last-12mo oil production (BBL)	186,242,459	11,448,350
Last-12mo gas production (Mcf)	665,241,034	88,465,675

Shared Territory

Both operators have wells in these counties:

Upton

Both operators target these formations / plays:

Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert

Per-Operator Top Counties & Formations

Pioneer Natural Resources

Counties: Midland (6,263) · Upton (3,833) · Martin (3,519) · Reagan (2,559) · Glasscock (1,721)

Formations: Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert (8,696) · Spraberry (3,021) · Wolfcamp D (1,440) · Wolfcamp A (1,178) · Wolfcamp B (1,169)

Scout Energy Management

Counties: Crockett (2,602) · Duchesne (2,505) · Stevens (1,571) · Upton (1,555) · Kearny (1,445)

Formations: Anadarko Basin (4,457) · Thirty-One Carbonate-Chert (3,382) · Mesaverde-Wasatch (3,072) · Ozona Canyon (2,625) · Chase (1,435)

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About This Comparison

Data sources: Publicly available well data (well counts, formations, counties, lateral lengths, permit/spud dates), Texas Railroad Commission lease-level production filings, and Oklahoma Corporation Commission well-level production filings.
Last-12-month production is summed across the most recent 12 months of public filings on file at the time of refresh and may lag by 30–90 days depending on regulator reporting cadence.
Refreshed monthly. Data as of 2026-07-13.
Methodology: Operator names from public records are normalized and matched to Valor's operator directory; small spelling variants may consolidate or split entities. Verify before relying on totals.
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