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Section 16, T6N R6W, Grady County, Oklahoma

Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 6 West, Indian Meridian

Quick answer — What has the OCC ordered for Section 16, T6N R6W?

From March 21, 2022 through November 2, 2026, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission signed 19 final orders that list Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 6 West, Indian Meridian in Grady County: 1 pooling, 2 increased density, 8 location exception and 8 multiunit horizontal well. The most recent, Order No. 749314 (location exception), was signed May 14, 2025. The orders name the Sycamore, Woodford and Springer formations.

Section at a glance

19
OCC final orders since March 21, 2022
May 14, 2025
Latest order signed
8
Open wellbores (surface location)
~644
Acres in the section (BLM grid)

Orders by relief type: 1 pooling, 2 increased density, 8 location exception and 8 multiunit horizontal well.

Legal description

Section16
Township6 North (T6N)
Range6 West (R6W)
MeridianIndian Meridian
CountyGrady County, Oklahoma
Approximate center34.99315, -97.83796

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
2025-05-14 749314 CD2024-001428 Location exception (2 sections) Continental Resources, Inc. Springer
2025-05-14 749313 CD2024-001427 Multiunit horizontal well (2 sections) Continental Resources, Inc. Springer
2025-05-14 749312 CD2024-001426 Location exception (2 sections) Continental Resources, Inc. Springer
2025-05-14 749311 CD2024-001425 Multiunit horizontal well (2 sections) Continental Resources, Inc. Springer
2025-04-18 748748 CD2024-001430 Increased density Continental Resources, Inc. Springer
2024-11-25 745523 CD2024-002380 Pooling Continental Resources, Inc.
2023-03-09 732665 CD2021-002633 Location exception Not shown Sycamore, Mississippian
2022-11-30 730177 CD2021-002812 Location exception Not shown Sycamore, Mississippian
2022-11-30 730176 CD2021-002634 Multiunit horizontal well Not shown Sycamore, Mississippian
2022-11-10 729771 CD2021-002812 Location exception Not shown Sycamore
2022-11-10 729770 CD2021-002634 Multiunit horizontal well Not shown Sycamore
2022-11-10 729769 CD2021-002627 Location exception Not shown Woodford
2022-11-10 729768 CD2021-002626 Multiunit horizontal well Not shown Woodford
2022-11-04 729591 CD2021-002632 Multiunit horizontal well Not shown Sycamore, Mississippian
2022-11-04 729590 CD2021-002631 Location exception Not shown Woodford
2022-11-04 729589 CD2021-002630 Multiunit horizontal well Not shown Woodford
2022-11-04 729588 CD2021-002629 Location exception Not shown Woodford
2022-11-04 729587 CD2021-002628 Multiunit horizontal well Not shown Woodford
2022-11-04 729585 CD2021-002622 Increased density Not shown Sycamore, Woodford

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

Formations named in these orders

Sycamore — 7 orders

Woodford — 7 orders

Springer — 5 orders

Mississippian — 4 orders

Companies named as applicant

Continental Resources, Inc.

Wellbores on record

OCC well records list 8 open wellbores (3 oil and 5 gas) with a surface location in this section.

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
Continental Resources Inc.8

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 9, T6N R6W — Grady County, 6 orders

Section 10, T6N R6W — Grady County, 8 orders

Section 15, T6N R6W — Grady County, 9 orders

Section 22, T6N R6W — Grady County, 10 orders

Section 21, T6N R6W — Grady County, 5 orders

Section 20, T6N R6W — Grady County, 11 orders

Section 17, T6N R6W — Grady County, 15 orders

Section 8, T6N R6W — Grady County, 7 orders

All Grady County sections with OCC orders · Grady 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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