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Section 16, T7N R5W, Grady County, Oklahoma

Section 16, Township 7 North, Range 5 West, Indian Meridian

Quick answer — What has the OCC ordered for Section 16, T7N R5W?

From March 21, 2022 through November 2, 2026, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission signed 3 final orders that list Section 16, Township 7 North, Range 5 West, Indian Meridian in Grady County: 1 pooling, 1 location exception and 1 multiunit horizontal well. The most recent, Order No. 753304 (location exception), was signed November 7, 2025. The orders name the Deese and Osborn formations.

Section at a glance

3
OCC final orders since March 21, 2022
November 7, 2025
Latest order signed
5
Open wellbores (surface location)
~641
Acres in the section (BLM grid)

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

Legal description

Section16
Township7 North (T7N)
Range5 West (R5W)
MeridianIndian Meridian
CountyGrady County, Oklahoma
Approximate center35.08045, -97.73235

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
2025-11-07 753304 CD2025-000466 Location exception (2 sections) Continental Resources, Inc. Osborn, Deese
2025-11-03 753216 CD2025-001790 Pooling Continental Resources, Inc.
2025-10-31 753186 CD2025-000465 Multiunit horizontal well (2 sections) Continental Resources, Inc. Osborn, Deese

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

Formations named in these orders

Deese — 2 orders

Osborn — 2 orders

Companies named as applicant

Continental Resources, Inc.

Wellbores on record

OCC well records list 5 open wellbores (5 oil) 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.5

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 22, T7N R5W — Grady County, 3 orders

Section 21, T7N R5W — Grady County, 3 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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