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Sell your Woods County mineral rights.

Alva, Waynoka, Freedom: Mississippi Lime country in northwestern Oklahoma, with 1,653 producing wells and acreage that has been through a full boom and bust cycle.

Woods County is Mississippi Lime country, and it has been through the full cycle. The horizontal play ran hard here from roughly 2011 to 2015, then slowed sharply when the economics disappointed relative to expectations, largely because of high water production. Today roughly 1,653 wells produce out of about 5,304 drilled, with no rigs and no permits in the recent window.

We lead with that because Woods County acreage still gets marketed on boom era comparables, and it should not be. An honest valuation prices the wells that actually exist and applies a realistic probability to future drilling rather than a promotional one. We show you both numbers and the assumption behind each.

That said, this is not a dead county. Existing Mississippian production has a stable, predictable decline, which is a legitimate income asset. And non-producing acreage carries genuine option value on a play that could return if economics change. Those are two very different things and blending them into one multiple is how owners get misled in either direction.

Mach Natural Resources, Diversified Energy, Revolution Resources, and SandRidge are among the largest producing operators.

If you are unleased and a well is proposed, expect a Corporation Commission pooling order with a 20 day election window. Our forced pooling guide and pooling election calculator cover the choices.

Send a check stub or a legal description and we will run the records free.

Formations & Plays

What produces here

Mississippi Lime

The horizontal play that ran hard here from roughly 2011 to 2015 and then slowed sharply.

Chester and Manning

Additional Mississippian intervals.

Legacy vertical production

Roughly 5,304 wells drilled with about 1,653 still producing.

Counties

Communities we see in Woods County title

Alva Waynoka Freedom Dacoma Capron

Wherever your tract sits in Woods County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.

Questions

Straight answers for Woods County owners

What happened to the Mississippi Lime play in Woods County?
It ran hard from roughly 2011 to 2015 and then slowed sharply as economics disappointed relative to expectations, chiefly because of high water production. There are currently no rigs and no permits in the recent window here. That does not make the existing production worthless, but it does mean an honest valuation prices the wells that exist and applies a realistic rather than promotional probability to future drilling. Anyone quoting you a Mississippi Lime boom era number today is not being straight with you.
Who operates in Woods County?
Mach Natural Resources, Diversified Energy, Revolution Resources, and SandRidge are among the largest producing operators. SandRidge in particular was central to the Mississippi Lime play, and Mach and Diversified now hold large consolidated positions across northern Oklahoma. Our operator directory has pages for each.
Should I sell or keep a Woods County interest?
Depends on what you hold. A producing interest with a stable, declining Mississippian well behind it is a real income asset with a predictable tail, and selling is a reasonable choice if the paperwork outweighs the income. Non-producing acreage here carries option value on a play that could return if economics change, and that option is worth something but it is speculative and should be priced as such. We will tell you which situation you are in and show the arithmetic both ways.
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