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Oklahoma Formations & Plays Directory

Every active oil and gas formation and play in Oklahoma — SCOOP, STACK, Woodford, Mississippi Lime, Cherokee Platform, Hunton, Granite Wash, and more — ranked by well count, with the top operators and primary counties for each.

Refreshed monthly from OCC well records. Data current as of 2026-05-04.

Active Formations
13
Total Wells
328,640
Total Lateral
27,025 miles
Recent Permits (24mo)
1,596

Chautauqua Platform

97,369 wells 6,768 active operators 3,243 miles of lateral 312 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

State Fund Plugging (1,747), Great Horned Owls, LLC (1,353), Snr Operating LLC (1,062), Circle 9 Resources (890), New Dominion (768), Chesapeake Energy (575), Conocophillips Company (522), Chevron (509), Marjo Operating (448), Krumme Oil Company LLP (429)

Primary counties: Creek, Osage, Okmulgee, Seminole, Lincoln

Anadarko Basin

85,599 wells 3,151 active operators 11,776 miles of lateral 963 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Chesapeake Energy (4,292), Diversified Production LLC (2,804), Bcemach (2,237), Sandridge Exploration & Production (1,995), Latigo Oil & Gas (1,462), Bcemach Iii LLC (1,395), Merit Energy Company (1,300), Eog Resources (1,065), Continental Resources (1,040), Dominion OK TX E & P (964)

Primary counties: Texas, Beaver, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major

Woodford

35,417 wells 1,820 active operators 5,599 miles of lateral 12 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Citation Oil & Gas (3,581), Ovintiv USA INC (1,020), Devon Energy Production Company (954), Mack Energy Company (819), Daylight Petroleum (804), Stephens & Johnson Operating Company (786), Continental Resources (771), Kodiak Oil & Gas (674), Xto Energy (670), Validus Energy Ii Midcon LLC (567)

Primary counties: Carter, Stephens, Grady, Canadian, Blaine

South Oklahoma Folded Belt

34,292 wells 2,233 active operators 1,242 miles of lateral 220 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Citation Oil & Gas (3,926), Xto Energy (850), Conocophillips Company (642), Wildhorse Operating Company (629), Le Jones Operating (461), Magnolia Petroleum Company (451), Chesapeake Energy (447), Phoenix Petrocorp (397), Lewis Oil Operations (346), Daylight Petroleum (346)

Primary counties: Stephens, Garvin, Carter, Cotton, Comanche

Excello-Mulky

29,305 wells 2,168 active operators 53 miles of lateral 2 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

State Fund Plugging (2,055), Gateway Resources (1,802), Endeavor Energy Resources (859), Rocky Roads Operating LLC (576), Exxon Mobil (569), Comdisco Resources (496), Performance Operating (416), Bratco Operating Company (390), Bullseye Operating (387), Entransco Energy (362)

Primary counties: Nowata, Washington, Tulsa, Osage, Creek

Arkoma Basin

19,222 wells 1,157 active operators 1,490 miles of lateral 77 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Citation Oil & Gas (1,175), Merit Energy Company (1,175), Bpx Operating Company (1,081), Abundance Energy Services LLC (864), Brg Petroleum (593), Chesapeake Energy (482), Mustang Fuel (316), Stephens Production Company (309), Bear Production (283), Paluca Petroleum (255)

Primary counties: Pontotoc, Latimer, Haskell, Le Flore, Pittsburg

Woodford-Caney

12,559 wells 1,274 active operators 2,391 miles of lateral 0 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Trinity Operating Usg (851), Abundance Energy Services LLC (717), Tag Team Resources (399), Foundation Energy Management (385), Merit Energy Company (375), Arkoma Resources (367), Santa Fe Operating, LLC (360), Ovintiv USA INC (180), Chesapeake Energy (152), Wentworth Operating Company (145)

Primary counties: Hughes, Pittsburg, Mc Intosh, Coal, Okfuskee

Granite Wash

6,491 wells 639 active operators 605 miles of lateral 0 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Unbridled Resources LLC (471), Diversified Production LLC (283), Bcemach Ii LLC (272), Presidio Petroleum (254), Bcemach Iii LLC (249), Chesapeake Energy (189), Kaiserfrancis Oil Company (180), Shell Oil Company (162), Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company (109), Apache (104)

Primary counties: Kiowa, Beckham, Washita, Roger Mills, Greer

Red Fork

4,554 wells 369 active operators 300 miles of lateral 0 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Diversified Production LLC (520), Presidio Petroleum (452), Unbridled Resources LLC (216), Teocalli Exploration LLC (213), Bcemach Iii LLC (179), Apache (167), Chesapeake Energy (157), Mustang Fuel (146), Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company (102), Mewbourne Oil Company (101)

Primary counties: Roger Mills, Custer, Beckham, Dewey, Washita

Palo Duro Basin

2,553 wells 512 active operators 29 miles of lateral 7 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Red River Petroleum (136), Fulcrum Exploration (121), Oxy (63), Weinkauf Petroleum (57), Eog Resources (49), Ac Operating Company (43), Keith F Walker Oil & Gas (42), Glb Exploration (41), Burk Royalty (41), Buck Creek Energy (35)

Primary counties: Tillman, Cimarron, Jackson, Harmon, Greer

Ouachita Folded Belt

731 wells 197 active operators 74 miles of lateral 3 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Longfellow Energy (58), Chesapeake Energy (56), Sanguine Gas Exploration (37), The Ghk Company LLC (34), Western Oil & Gas Dev Company (28), Finley Resources (24), Canyon Creek Energy Texas (21), Trinity Operating Usg (19), Xto Energy (16), Antero Resources (12)

Primary counties: Atoka, Bryan, Mc Curtain, Pushmataha, Choctaw

Cleveland

498 wells 90 active operators 220 miles of lateral 0 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

Mewbourne Oil Company (92), Unbridled Resources LLC (89), Be Anadarko Ii LLC (58), Unit Petroleum Company (33), Diversified Production LLC (24), Jones Energy (22), Presidio Petroleum (12), Strat Land Exploration Company (12), Chesapeake Energy (9), Samson Resources Company (6)

Primary counties: Ellis, Beaver

Fort Worth Syncline

50 wells 2 active operators 2 miles of lateral 0 permits (24mo)

Top Operators:

K S & S Oil Company (49), Lofton W (1)

Primary counties: Jefferson, Love

About This Data

Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission well-header records, aggregated by primary play / interpreted formation / basin.

Threshold: Only formations with at least 50 wells are listed (excludes one-off wildcat plays).

Why it matters: Knowing which formation underlies your tract — and which operators are actively drilling that formation — is the foundation of mineral-rights valuation. Stacked plays (SCOOP/STACK Woodford + Mississippian) carry materially different upside than single-bench mature plays.

Refresh cadence: Monthly. Data current as of 2026-05-04.

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Quick Stats

State: Oklahoma

Active formations: 13

Total wells: 328,640

Recent permits: 1,596

Last refresh: 2026-05-04

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