Since 2017, Diamondback Energy has transformed Block 39T1N from a multi-section development area into a concentrated manufacturing-style drilling program, securing 99 permits across seven sections with Section 32 emerging as the most active area. The company’s 28-well, four-pad Section 32 project represents the largest full-section development on the block, demonstrating how modern drilling technologies, standardized well designs, and coordinated pad development are enabling operators to scale Midland Basin resource recovery while creating significant opportunities for oilfield service providers.

The AUTRY development program in Martin County, Texas, is showing early signs of a large-scale multi-pad shale manufacturing project within the Midland Basin portion of the Permian Basin.

This dataset shows a fully coordinated section-level development program in Midland County, where multiple pads, leases, and rigs are executing a repeatable, factory-style drilling strategy within a single contiguous block. The combination of stacked depth targets and uniform horizontal drilling confirms a co-development model—exactly the type of high-efficiency, multi-zone development approach that companies like Diamondback are scaling across the Permian Basin.

The Heidelberg 30-31 program in Martin County is a full-section Spraberry cube development executed as a true factory, with 24 standardized horizontal wells drilled in parallel across four pads and four rigs within a single survey block. Identical depths, stacked bench co-development, and a compressed ~8-month permit-to-facility timeline confirm a manufacturing-style model focused on throughput, repeatability, and capital efficiency rather than experimentation.

Diamondback’s Tier 1 Permian programs reflect section-scale factory development, concentrating 10–15 uniform horizontal wells per unit with dual-rig batch execution and centralized infrastructure. The consistent 8–9 month permit-to-facility cadence — with air permitting following drilling — confirms a mature, capital-efficient manufacturing model rather than exploratory or stacked-bench experimentation.