# Mineral rights in a section **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599 **Category:** Grady County, OK **Created:** [August 14, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599 "2014-08-14T18:07:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 6 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![thomas\_bates](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@thomas\_bates](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/thomas_bates) #### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599/1 "2014-08-14T18:07:26Z")
If you own minerals in a section and they drill a well, does everyone in that section get paid or just people in the township where the well is drilled? ---
### Author: ![Josh\_Still](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Josh\_Still](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Josh_Still) #### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599/2 "2014-08-14T18:09:19Z")
That’s a good question I was told it was by acreage. ---
### Author: ![Don\_Bray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/don_bray/32/16050_2.png) [@Don\_Bray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Don_Bray) #### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599/3 "2014-08-14T18:25:40Z")
[OCC - Spacing](http://www.occ.state.ok.us/ap/spacing.html) ---
### Author: ![Laura\_C](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@Laura\_C](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Laura_C) #### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599/4 "2014-08-14T18:47:27Z")
It depends on the spacing of the zone/formation they are drilling. The Woodford Shale they are spacing generally as 640 acres; 1 section, all the mineral owners in that section would be paid their share. ---
### Author: ![Michael\_Hutchison](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/michael_hutchison/32/13808_2.png) [@Michael\_Hutchison](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Michael_Hutchison) #### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599/5 "2014-08-14T18:50:49Z")
Thomas, a section is located within a Township so the owners within the section are the ones who get paid. The link Don Bray posted goes into great detail on this subject. The short answer is most horizontal wells being drilled today are in 640 acre drilling and spacing units and everyone who owns mineral rights within that unit share in a proportionate amount of royalties. Vertical wells can be spaced in smaller units and the exact location of your minerals in the section would be a factor. ---
### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system) #### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-in-a-section/9599/6 "2018-08-15T00:24:22Z")