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Section 31, T17N R23W, Ellis County, Oklahoma

Section 31, Township 17 North, Range 23 West, Indian Meridian

Quick answer — What has the OCC ordered for Section 31, T17N R23W?

From March 21, 2022 through November 2, 2026, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission signed 5 final orders that list Section 31, Township 17 North, Range 23 West, Indian Meridian in Ellis County: 1 spacing, 1 pooling, 1 location exception, 1 multiunit horizontal well and 1 other. The most recent, Order No. 745751 (multiunit horizontal well), was signed December 5, 2024. The orders name the Cherokee formation.

Section at a glance

5
OCC final orders since March 21, 2022
December 5, 2024
Latest order signed
1
Open wellbores (surface location)
~639
Acres in the section (BLM grid)

Orders by relief type: 1 spacing, 1 pooling, 1 location exception, 1 multiunit horizontal well and 1 other.

Legal description

Section31
Township17 North (T17N)
Range23 West (R23W)
MeridianIndian Meridian
CountyEllis County, Oklahoma
Approximate center35.90467, -99.6922

OCC final orders that list this section

Each order number opens the Commission's imaged copy of the signed order. An order can cover several sections; the relief column says when it does.

Final orders signed March 21, 2022 – November 2, 2026, newest first
SignedOrderCaseReliefApplicantFormationsUnit
2024-12-05 745751 CD2022-005053 Multiunit horizontal well (2 sections) Unbridled Resources, LLC Cherokee
2024-11-25 745516 CD2022-005054 Location exception (2 sections) Unbridled Resources, LLC Cherokee
2023-11-30 738782 CD2023-002729 Change of Operator- Judicial (2 sections) Mewbourne Oil Company
2023-05-02 733997 CD2022-005049 Pooling Unbridled Resources, LLC
2023-03-16 732904 CD2022-005048 Spacing Unbridled Resources, LLC Cherokee

Applicant names are shown only for businesses; an order filed by a private person shows "Not shown".

Formations named in these orders

Cherokee — 3 orders

Companies named as applicant

Mewbourne Oil Company

Unbridled Resources, LLC

Wellbores on record

OCC well records list 1 open wellbore (1 oil) with a surface location in this section, plus 2 plugged.

Wellbores are counted by surface location. A horizontal well drilled from a neighboring section can produce from this one without being counted here; the orders above are the better guide to that.

Operators of open wellbores in this section (OCC well records)
OperatorOpen wellbores
Mewbourne Oil Company1

What these orders mean for a mineral owner

Drilling and spacing units

What is pooling?

Forced pooling

Spacing and location exceptions

Oklahoma forced pooling explained

For how spacing units turn into royalty decimals, see how drilling units and spacing affect your royalties.

This is general information about Oklahoma law, not legal advice. Read the order itself, and talk to an Oklahoma oil and gas attorney about your own interest.

Neighboring sections with OCC orders

Section 30, T17N R23W — Ellis County, 5 orders

Section 29, T17N R23W — Ellis County, 5 orders

Section 32, T17N R23W — Ellis County, 4 orders

Section 5, T16N R23W — Ellis County, 8 orders

Section 6, T16N R23W — Ellis County, 8 orders

Section 1, T16N R24W — Ellis County, 8 orders

Section 36, T17N R24W — Ellis County, 5 orders

Section 25, T17N R24W — Ellis County, 9 orders

All Ellis County sections with OCC orders · Ellis County, Oklahoma mineral rights · Oklahoma section index

Sources

Oklahoma Corporation Commission — imaged case documents filed after 3/21/2022 (final orders)

Oklahoma Corporation Commission — oil and gas data files (RBDMS well data)

Bureau of Land Management — National PLSS (CadNSDI) section grid

Orders signed March 21, 2022 through November 2, 2026; OCC well data file as of November 2, 2026. Counts are Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. They are reference data, not a valuation, appraisal or legal advice.

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