A guide to Woodford Shale mineral rights across Oklahoma — the source rock behind the SCOOP, STACK, and Arkoma gas plays. Geology, key counties, who operates it, and how to sell your Woodford minerals.
The Woodford Shale is a Devonian–Mississippian black shale that underlies much of Oklahoma and is both a prolific source rock and, in the horizontal era, a productive reservoir in its own right. It is the geologic backbone of several of the state's marquee plays: the oil- and condensate-rich SCOOP and STACK of the Anadarko Basin, and the dry-gas Woodford of the Arkoma Basin to the east.
Where you sit on the Woodford largely determines what your minerals produce. In the SCOOP (South Central Oklahoma Oil Province) the Woodford yields oil and rich gas; in the Arkoma it is a dry-gas play; and across the STACK fairway it is developed alongside the overlying Meramec and Osage.
Woodford activity concentrates in a band of central and southeastern Oklahoma counties. The SCOOP core runs through Grady, Stephens, Garvin, McClain, and Carter counties; the STACK and its Woodford/Meramec targets sit to the northwest in Canadian, Kingfisher, and Blaine; and the Arkoma dry-gas Woodford lies in the southeast around Coal, Hughes, Pittsburg, and Atoka.
You can see current, county-level production for any of these in Buckhead's free Oklahoma county production data — monthly oil and gas by county, downloadable and free to cite.
The Woodford plays have been developed by a rotating cast of large independents and, increasingly, consolidated operators — the same names that dominate SCOOP/STACK activity. The identity and financial strength of the operator on your acreage is one of the clearest signals of how, and how reliably, your Woodford minerals will be developed and paid. Browse current activity and rankings on the permit tracker and the production dashboard.
If you own minerals over the Woodford, what you hold ranges from oil-weighted SCOOP interests to dry-gas Arkoma acreage — and value follows that split, the wells already drilled, current prices, and remaining upside. Oklahoma's forced-pooling process also shapes how undeveloped Woodford acreage gets brought into units. Buckhead Energy actively buys Woodford mineral and royalty interests across the SCOOP, STACK, and Arkoma, and prices them on the same well, permit, and production records summarized here.
Grady · Stephens · Garvin · McClain · Carter · Canadian · Kingfisher · Coal · Hughes · Pittsburg. Download any of these as free monthly production in the open county dataset.
Where is the Woodford Shale?
The Woodford Shale underlies much of Oklahoma. It is the source rock and reservoir behind the SCOOP and STACK plays of the Anadarko Basin (oil and rich gas) and the dry-gas Woodford of the Arkoma Basin in southeastern Oklahoma.
Does the Woodford produce oil or gas?
Both, depending on location. In the SCOOP fairway it produces oil and condensate with rich gas; across the STACK it is developed with the Meramec/Osage; and in the Arkoma Basin it is a dry-gas play.
What counties have Woodford production?
Core Woodford activity runs through Grady, Stephens, Garvin, McClain, and Carter (SCOOP); Canadian, Kingfisher, and Blaine (STACK); and Coal, Hughes, Pittsburg, and Atoka (Arkoma dry gas). See free county-level production on Buckhead's Oklahoma data pages.
Can I sell my Woodford mineral rights?
Yes. Buckhead Energy buys Woodford mineral and royalty interests across the SCOOP, STACK, and Arkoma and prices them on the wells, operator, current production, and remaining upside. A free written offer comes with no obligation.
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