OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 881167 · SMITH COUNTY
Valence Operating Company in Smith County
One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.
Valence Operating Company has 88 drilling permits on file in Smith County, the first issued in 2000 and the latest on February 12, 2026.
9 of them came in the last twelve months, 50% more than the year before; 100% horizontal, averaging 10,811 ft.
It is operator of record on 156 wells in the county: 46 producing, 17 shut in, 4 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Travis Peak, Pettit, Paluxy.
- 9
- permits, 12 months +50%
- 88
- permits, all time since 2000
- 100%
- horizontal, 12 months
- 10,811
- ft average depth, 12 months
- 156
- wells of record
- 46
- producing · 17 shut in · 4 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · SMITH ONLY
Last 12 months 9 · prior 12 6(+50%)
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | Thedford #2H 913392 | DrillHZ | 9,300 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Melodye #1H 913392 | DrillHZ | 9,300 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Melodye #1H 913392 | DrillHZ | 9,300 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Luscombe B (Alloc) #9H 913146 | DrillHZ | 12,600 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Luscombe B (Alloc) #9H 913146 | DrillHZ | 12,600 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | McCrary #1H 913146 | DrillHZ | 9,500 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Luscombe B (Alloc) #9H 912495 | DrillHZ | 12,600 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | McCrary #1H 912495 | DrillHZ | 9,500 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Luscombe B (Alloc) #9H 912495 | DrillHZ | 12,600 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Lotus (Alloc) #1H 905469 | DrillHZ | 9,600 |
All 88 permits in Smith County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Drill
- 9 / 73
- Recompletion
- 0 / 13
- Other
- 0 / 1
- Reenter
- 0 / 1
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitts Lake Unit | 46 | 1.87M | Jul 2026 |
| Shamburger Lake Unit | 41 | 1.21M | Jul 2026 |
| Clay | 1 | 368K | Jul 2026 |
| Thedford | 1 | 342K | Jul 2026 |
| Hemphill | 1 | 319K | Jul 2026 |
| Shubert | 1 | 211K | Jul 2026 |
| Jones | 1 | 189K | Jul 2026 |
| Cowan Unit | 1 | 167K | Jul 2026 |
| Smu | 1 | 167K | Jul 2026 |
| Cleo | 1 | 164K | Jul 2026 |
| Covington | 1 | 151K | Jul 2026 |
| Lily (Alloc) | 1 | 71.9K | Jul 2026 |
| Antony | 1 | 69.8K | Jul 2026 |
| Anderson | 1 | 60.4K | Jul 2026 |
| Brady, Elizabeth | 1 | 60K | Jul 2026 |
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.
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