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Section 1, T5N R8E, Hughes County, Oklahoma

Section 1, Township 5 North, Range 8 East, Indian Meridian

Quick answer — What has the OCC ordered for Section 1, T5N R8E?

From March 21, 2022 through November 2, 2026, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission signed 5 final orders that list Section 1, Township 5 North, Range 8 East, Indian Meridian in Hughes County: 1 spacing, 2 pooling, 1 location exception and 1 multiunit horizontal well. The most recent, Order No. 750430 (pooling), was signed July 2, 2025. The orders name the Woodford, Hunton and Mississippian formations.

Section at a glance

5
OCC final orders since March 21, 2022
July 2, 2025
Latest order signed
0
Open wellbores (surface location)
~641
Acres in the section (BLM grid)

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

Legal description

Section1
Township5 North (T5N)
Range8 East (R8E)
MeridianIndian Meridian
CountyHughes County, Oklahoma
Approximate center34.93444, -96.41494

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
2025-07-02 750430 CD2022-005071 Pooling Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC
2023-02-13 732145 CD2022-002666 Location exception Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC Woodford
2023-02-08 732031 CD2022-002665 Multiunit horizontal well Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC Woodford
2022-10-12 729088 CD2022-002667 Pooling Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC
2022-09-13 728414 CD2022-002664 Spacing Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC Mississippian, Woodford, Hunton

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

Formations named in these orders

Woodford — 3 orders

Hunton — 1 order

Mississippian — 1 order

Companies named as applicant

Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC

Wellbores on record

OCC well records list 0 open wellbores with a surface location in this section, plus 4 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.

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.

All Hughes County sections with OCC orders · Hughes 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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