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Section 4, T18N R5E, Payne County, Oklahoma

Section 4, Township 18 North, Range 5 East, Indian Meridian

Quick answer — What has the OCC ordered for Section 4, T18N R5E?

From March 21, 2022 through November 2, 2026, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission signed 3 final orders that list Section 4, Township 18 North, Range 5 East, Indian Meridian in Payne County: 1 spacing, 1 pooling and 1 location exception. The most recent, Order No. 749108 (location exception), was signed May 2, 2025. The orders name the Big Lime-Oswego and Skinner formations.

Section at a glance

3
OCC final orders since March 21, 2022
May 2, 2025
Latest order signed
2
Open wellbores (surface location)
~637
Acres in the section (BLM grid)

Orders by relief type: 1 spacing, 1 pooling and 1 location exception.

Legal description

Section4
Township18 North (T18N)
Range5 East (R5E)
MeridianIndian Meridian
CountyPayne County, Oklahoma
Approximate center36.06518, -96.77589

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
2025-05-02 749108 CD2024-002238 Location exception Crown Energy Company Big Lime-Oswego, Skinner
2024-08-27 743665 CD2024-001493 Pooling Crown Energy Company
2024-08-05 743196 CD2024-001484 Spacing Crown Energy Company Big Lime-Oswego, Skinner

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

Formations named in these orders

Big Lime-Oswego — 2 orders

Skinner — 2 orders

Companies named as applicant

Crown Energy Company

Wellbores on record

OCC well records list 2 open wellbores (1 oil and 1 injection or disposal) with a surface location in this section, plus 46 plugged and 2 temporarily abandoned, orphaned or on the state-funds plugging list.

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
Big Four Leasing & Operating Inc.1
G & C Petroleum Inc.1

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 Payne County sections with OCC orders · Payne 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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